In Reply to: But now that I've thought further… posted by David Aiken on November 19, 2002 at 12:09:40:
I have to say that the analogy between digital 'bits' on a CD and vinyl 'bumps' on a record breaks down. What we're really doing here, is comparing the highest attainable frequency on a record, to the sample rate of a CD. This only has meaning if we remember the relationship for digital formats where highest frequency = 1/2 of sample rate.While you need 2 digital points to fit wave, the analog format of vinyl means that even on a single 'bump', you still actualy have an infinite number of points to constructing that curve. You could technically say that vinyl has infinite sample rate, but I'm just calculating it on the limit to 'bump' size: ie, the frequency that can be extracted from that feature.
Of course, everything is still dependant on the factors of how fast the stylus can be moved, the electrical connections, etc etc.
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