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In the Thread: How many Bits needed for FM, the Accuphase T1000 dilemma.
Post Subject: The Spider in the BromeliadPosted by Paul S on: 3/12/2009
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A while back I saw a movie about a couple of scientists who were commisioned by a large pharmaceutical company to find medicinal plants in the Amazon rain forest. A native Shaman demonstrated a very threatened plant with amazing curitive powers and the scientists gathered the few specimins they could find, and then they ran their own tests on the compounds they isolated from the plants. They got nothing they could use.
To make a long story short, they realized too late that the compound they were looking for came from tiny spiders that got washed off off the plants during processing.
Wouldn't it be funny if the reason the 2X oversampling "sounds better" is because it has 2X the noise/dithering/smoothing?
As I see it, the Big Hurdles are program material and broadcast quality, and there's no reliable way to improve on either of those.
I agree intellectually that the best reception strategy should reduce the number of "conversions" to the practical minimum. But this may be nothing more than circular thinking once the broadcaster's contortions and concessions are factored in.
Is the idea to get "better sound" from the speakers? I would assume so, since pre-digitized, save-able music files are tied up with still more practical problems, between recording, storage and playback.
I have the luxury of a free guess here, and I'm guessing that the bliss will be found in the particular installation rather than the generic architecture, given a decent broadcast of decent program material (and these are NOT givens...).
Best regards,
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