Date:         Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:21:09 -0400
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At 07:05 PM 2008-10-09, David Goren wrote:
>>the U.K-based high-speed system I mentioned a while ago is
>>definitely voice-only as it outputs 22.5 ks/s files. That one
>>appears to be aimed at churches that have 5000 sermons on cassettes
>>and want to do them in four minutes each.
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>The review says you can select 44.1 if desired.

Hi, David,

And the tech docs say that their software contains a built-in sample 
rate converter if you need 44.1 for conversion to CD.

I think that at their 8x speed the choice of 22.05 was probably a 
good one. We continue to see very little energy above 10 kHz even on 
many music cassettes, even with Nak Dragons and auto azimuth 
performing properly. In fact, for access copies for oral histories, 
cutting off the high end at 7-10 kHz makes them sound better as all 
that is up there is noise and a few distortion products.


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