Re: What's the use of a 192 kHz sample rate?

On Sat, 3 May 2008 13:36:10 -0700 (PDT), robert bristow-johnson
<rbj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> but we can't hear anything above 20 kHz.  even with percussive sounds
> with sharp attacks.  and if we cannot hear anything above 20 kHz, then
> 40.0001 kHz sampling rate can store all of the information we need.
> for practical reconstruction purposes, 44.1 and 48 kHz are sufficient.
 
No. When I was 35 years I could hear up to 24 kHz. 
Now I'm 54 years and can easy hear 19 kHz (haven't tested higher).