Sign in / up

back to article Watchdog downsamples Creative Xmod 'better than CD' claim

Music player maker Creative has been told not to claim its Xmod sound-enhancement system can take an MP3 track and make it sound better than a CD - at least until it can prove that's the case. The wrist-slapping came from the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after an audio engineer objected to Creative's claim, made …

COMMENTS

House rules Send corrections
This topic is closed for new posts.
  1. Jim

    Hang on...

    "However, the ASA sided with Creative on this one... 24-bit quantisation at 96kHz - was within the range used by studio-specific equipment."

    But Creative claims 'An Experience BEYOND Studio Quality' (my emphasis).

    So it is within and beyond the specified range at the same time? How can that be?

    0 0
This topic is closed for new posts.