Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Saturday 18 August 2007 20:13 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Kelsey Bjarnason spake thusly:
>>
>>> <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.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> I think he means "without *lossy* compression" - i.e. reduce only
>> redundancy rather than both redundancy and dynamic range.
>>
>> Personally I'm quite happy with lossy compression, but then I'm an old
>> fart who's lost his upper registers anyway.
>
> What is the obsession with loss of quality anyway? The music can always be
> reproduced from the source (unless the artist passes away). Maybe we should
> also have our TV sets spewing out 500 frames per second. Yeah... that will
> really make the /perceived/ experience better.
>
Yeah, and then you need a sound system which can produce a dynamic range
of 120dB to get the real "Albert Hall" feel. Of course, your neighbours
might not be so happy.
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ |
| Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ |
| My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |
|
|
