Oleg, tell the Nagra VI owners. ;o)
I am curious, if 44.1 kHz covers all sound reproduceable on a CD and if mics cannot record above 20kHz, why would anyone need such high sampling rates to record silence? What am I missing??
You are not missing much, but to correct one thing, many mics can record above 20 kHz (no problem).
Generally, marketing overshot human perception, that's all...reality seems to be dragging it back (slowly), but I suppose if the other guy has 96 kHz, you need it too
More seriously, that the 788 recorder can now capture ultrasonics may make it more desirable for scientific research & related ultrasonic-nature-recording purposes.
I wonder why professional photographers never worried if their digital cameras are capturing UV information?
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