Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5909 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 12:42:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 12:42:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 11722 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 12:46:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 12:46:26 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14L2j8-00000W-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:39:10 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from d06lmsgate-3.uk.ibm.com ([195.212.29.3]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14L2j4-00000J-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:39:09 +0000 Received: from d06relay01.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06relay01.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.166.84.147]) by d06lmsgate-3.uk.ibm.com (1.0.0) with ESMTP id MAA54828 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:29:50 GMT Received: from usa.net (ss9.bld.socks.ibm.com [9.14.4.75] (may be forged)) by d06relay01.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.8.8m3/NCO v4.95) with ESMTP id MAA72566 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:38:16 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3A6D7AEA.268D2C14@usa.net> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:36:58 +0100 From: "Alberto di Bene" Organization: Undisclosed X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: RE: Accuracy of Soundcards, programs, and related stuff References: <65AECDF1F89AD411900400508BFC869F0D7549@pdw-mail-1.dera.gov.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Talbot Andrew wrote: > Is it a coincidence I wonder, that the 'standard' Soundcard / CD > sampling rate is a multiple of the squares of the small prime numbers. > ie: > > 44100 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5 * 5 * 7 * 7 > > Spooky ! > [snip] Hmm, it is a bit too much of a coincidence, IMHO. There must be a rationale behind that. Anybody in the audio industry knows ? 73 Alberto I2PHD