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The frequency passband on old-school analogue POTS isn't wide enough to play music with acceptable fidelity. The upper frequency limit for POTS services is 3.4K
by bleepblorp 6y ago
The frequency passband on old-school analogue POTS isn't wide enough to play music with acceptable fidelity. The upper frequency limit for POTS services is 3.4KHz, which is far below the ~15Khz needed for half-passable music fidelity.
Modern digital is worse because it combines the frequency passband of analogue with combinations of codecs and bit rates that can't support the audio complexity of music.
- hapless 6y agoYou would think POTS music would be unbearable, but it wasn't. It was about as tolerable as AM radio. In the age of Compact Disc, people are spoiled for audio quality ;)