This was all that I managed to capture, probably around 1996,
likely in Fidonet group ZONE3_TECH, but possibly AUST_AVTECH
or even AUST_MODEM.




RS> Crap, as usual you have a real problem with your comprehension |-)

BG> If referring specifically to the SB/SBPro, he is right, but as far as
BG> the Roland card is concerned, he is very wrong indeed!

RS> Since I actually said was

RS>> There is no technical reason why the sound card cant be doing it as
RS>> well as the normal audio CD player does, but the cheaper end of the
RS>> sound card market doesnt.

PE> Sorry Rod, but you also said:

No need to be sorry when you are wrong again |-)
And as you can see, it was you that said the next bit.

PE> Thanks for that Rod.  So what price do I need to pay to get that
PE> quality? You can get a CD player for $219 (portable CD player
PE> including tape deck and radio and speakers).

RS> As far as the sound card itself is concerned it also depends on how
RS> much you are into the golden ears stuff. Even the top end cards dont
RS> have as good audio specs as normal audio CD stuff.

PE> That's a pretty firm statement saying that top end cards don't
PE> produce CD quality sound.

Yeah, I could have said that better. I assumed that you meant to
restrict the alts to reasonable costs. For example the better cards like
the SB16 and PAS16 etc class stuff will end up costing something of the
order of $1K with the PC CDROM drive and not give as good audio quality
as the normal audio CD.

I agree you did ask about how much it would cost to get the same
quality, just assumed that you wouldnt really be interested in the full
professional stuff costing $Ks in total when the alt was a $219. I had
forgotten how extreme you can be at times and that you maybe would give
something like that serious consideration.

I've been aware of the top end stuff for a long time. Its been used for
digital mastering of CDs and stuff, on Macs too. In fact the better
digital mastering of CDs for classical stuff and people like Jarre do
that. I just didnt think you were really interested in stuff in that class.

Same applys with MIDI stuff. There is lots that can be done below a full
muzo setup, but again you appeared to be talking about conventional
sound cards, not MIDI.

So I WAS WRONG, but only in underestimating how nutty Paul can be at
times |-)

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