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Confusion between bit rate and sample rate

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In Reply to: RE: a small victory in high(er) resolution audio posted by Ray Kimber on March 31, 2008 at 08:15:43

The 96k number they are speaking of is not the sample rate, but rather the bit rate of the lossy-compressed MP3 they are streaming. The distinction is discussed here. Here's a quote from that page:

"By contrast, uncompressed audio as stored on a compact disc has a bit rate of 1,411.2 kbit/s (16 bits/sample × 44100 samples/second × 2 channels / 1000 bits/kilobit)."

96k bit rate MP3 is actually rather low quality. Many internet radio stations use a 128k bit rate.

Follow Ups:

RE: Confusion between bit rate and sample rate - Ray Kimber 09:30:41 03/31/08 (3)
- RE: Confusion between bit rate and sample rate - endust4237 09:53:38 03/31/08 (0)
- Oops :-) - andy_c 09:37:07 03/31/08 (1)
  - RE: Oops :-) - Ray Kimber 10:34:46 03/31/08 (0)

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