Re: [ARSCLIST] Sound card recommendations

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

steven c wrote:

> Obviously, it is in the interest of society (whether society realizes
> this or not is open to question) to preserve as much of the total
> of historic sound recordings (of any nature) as is feasible. Each
> historic sound recording contains information, and the more
> information we are able to preserve for our posterity the better
> off that posterity will be!

Let us accept as true what you assert to be obvious. I will postulate 
that higher quality of preservation - more bits, channels, 
documentation, etc. - takes more resources than less. Then it follows 
that one must choose a balance between quantity of material preserved 
and quality of preservation. (Let's discuss separately the desirability 
of higher quality for material deemed more valuable or more important.)

Given finite resources and ever-expanding source material, definitions 
of 'good enough' for various purposes seem appropriate. Otherwise, 
everyone who is not generating material for archiving will need to be an 
archivist.

Mike
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