Re: [ARSCLIST] Digital File Specs and StoryCorps

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:56 PM 2008-02-03, you wrote:
> Richard L. Hess at arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Please tell me again why some archives insist on digitizing oral
> > history cassettes at 96 ks/s, 24 bit, when they were recorded in
> > lower quality than this rig is capable of?
>
> Perhaps some institutions find it more convenient to concentrate their
> collection at one higher sample rate.

True, but overall I see terabytes--perhaps a petabyte--being the cost 
of this convenience.

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