[BC] CD vs LP

[Dana Puopolo]

The CD format chosen (44.1, 16 bit) was chosen in anticipation of car CD
players and picked so the media could fit in a slot between the knobs on the
car dashboards of the time. 

So I heard at an AES meeting in the early '90s by a person from Sony.

-D

Received: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:07:23 PM EDT
From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold at hallikainen.com>


>>> It just reinforces the fact that 44.1 kHz sampling was far too low,
>>>  and 16 bit linear was just dumb on its face.

Wasn't it just an adaptation of the existing digital audio technology,
that being recording digital audio on videotape? I remember seeing a Sony
PCM adapter way back when. The audio sample rate was what worked out best
for line and frame rates for NTSC and PAL video. More info at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCM_adaptor .

Harold