Re: Is there a particular type of elitism that assert 44.1kHz is the best kind of sample rate

[Yisheng Jiang]

Kevin that’s a very good point about alignment with film, in fact I’m now 100% convinced 48k is superior  Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2023, at 12:50 PM, Kevin Dixon <kevin.c.di...@gmail.com> wrote:  I don't know what you're referring to in the subject, but 44.1khz is just a left over standard, picked for convenience with existing mediums. 48k is more convenient for film use, since it aligns evenly with 24fps. But that's also an irrelevant medium at this point! The Red Book was the initial standard for compact disc digital audio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44,100_Hz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Books#Red_Book_(1980) On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 12:41 PM Yisheng Jiang <yisheng.ji...@gmail.com> wrote: i've heard of Nyquist, but who's Redbook Gang? On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 9:54 AM Kevin Dixon <kevin.c.di...@gmail.com> wrote: Nyquist and The Redbook Gang  On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 9:48 AM Yisheng Jiang <yisheng.ji...@gmail.com> wrote: Sent from my iPhone