On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Chris McCormick wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 02:13:17AM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: This sounds a bit speculative to me - too many assumptions. It's probably not wise to be so quick to dismiss the viewpoint of "analogue cultism" until we have concrete research that confirms that humans are unable to perceive such differences.
Why wouldn't it be wise? I'm happy with my bitrate and I don't care whether analogue cultists are right or wrong. I can happily trim expenses by buying medium-bitrate gear knowing that the people that I won't please are the analogue cultists.
It's only unwise if my grant request gets evaluated by a cultist, but then, in this case, it doesn't matter either whether analogue cultists are right or wrong: all that matters is that I speak in consonance with their beliefs.
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