[arch-general] OT: [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 21:26 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 20:33 +0200, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote:
> > I doubt those use 16 bits input. Even low-end hi-fi digital
> > recorders support 24 bits, which gives -72dB for the noise and
> > starts indeed to be acceptable. But most end-user will simply set
> > their system to "CD quality" (or leave it at the default which is
> > usually that same 16bits 44kHz, whatever name the app chose to gave
> > it).
> 
> The Sony gear I posted does record with 16bit only, it's still used by
> professionals and even at Ebay those oldish machines coast >4K$.
> 
> Btw. from my consumer stuff:
> 
> Sony DAT DTC-670
> 
> Dynamic > 90dB
> 
> AIWA HD-S1
> 
> Dynamic > 85dB
> 
> I'm missing analog tape saturation, I'm missing the punch of analog
> clipping, but the sound quality of 16bit 48KHz isn't missing anything,
> even if you record with to less level. For computers digital recordings
> can be bad, even with a RME card, as on my machine, this has to do with
> the complete chain, resp. chip set of your/my mobo.
> 
> The quality of professional stand alone devices doesn't need more than
> 16bit 48KHz. It's not bad in the professional studio and we don't need
> to discuss CD and LP quality.
> 
> Lower than 16bit 48KHz is evil at any level.

Some chips work better at e.g. 96KHz, it doesn't depend to the KHz,
simply to the chip.