Re: [idm] Poss. OT: SHN Sound Format

[Nintari Man <nintarispam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As it stands, no, it wouldn't work on existing CD players,
obviously. ... But, major hardware manufacturers have been adding support
for MP3 and WMA to CD and DVD players. Why not add support for a nice
lossless format like this?

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, EggyToast wrote:

> How would this fit onto a standard audio cd as it stands?  Manufacturers 
> would have to modify all of their current hardware in order to play the 
> cd's (much like MP3 cds), making it a worse deal for the average 
> consumer.  Only elitist audiophiles (who already believe analog speakers 
> present sound "accurately and without loss") would really worry about 
> losing frequencies that they don't hear.
> 
> That, and those people who are just anti-mp3 for the sake of being anti, 
> much like people being anti-microsoft just cos it's 'cool' and 'linuxy'.
> 
> derek
> 
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