Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> [snips]
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> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:08:52 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | MP3s have won the war of the formats because of technology, not because of
>> | their audio quality. "It's like hearing through a screen door," says
>> | neuroscientist Daniel Levitin of McGill University, author of "This Is Your
>> | Brain on Music."
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>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/327319_mp3sound13.html
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> <quote>
> FLAC: This codec, favored by Grateful Dead tape traders, stands for Free
> Lossless Audio Code. It reduces storage space by 30 percent to 50 percent,
> but without compression. A full audio CD can be burned from the file,
> unlike from MP3s.
> </quote>
>
> Reduces storage space by 30-50% *without* compression. Ah, so it simply
> cuts the songs off halfway through.
That would be a lossy compression ....
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