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Java Jive wrote:
As it was actually implemented it was something of a compromise,
sacrificing FR to give greater playing time, but the space available
on the prototype technology "COULD AND SHOULD" (note what I actually
wrote) have been allocated differently to give us a shorter playback
time at a higher sampling rate that would have covered the range of
human hearing.

The reasons for the original CD spec are all based around the limits of
the PCM recorders of the day - basically a semi-pro video recorder
(U-matic).

As we know from later, CD itself is capable of a longer playing time.

I doubt there's much in the way of musical information above about 15 kHz
anyway. Excepting some electronic stuff.

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