Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Another delivery system
Author: Philip Suh Posted: 5/18/1999; 9:50:43 AM Topic: It might be OVER for MP3.... Msg #: 6414 (In response to 6409) Prev/Next: 6413 / 6415 >> 3. The sound really is CD quality.
>I guess it depends on your definition of CD quality.
>MiniDiscs use lossy compression; it's just a different algorithm.The latest version of the MD compression scheme( I think it's version 5) is very very close to CD quality. Note that while MD does employ lossy compression--it only removes frequencies that are beyond human hearing range.
Point being--you're not going to be able to tell the difference between CD and MD.
Why MD's never caught on in the US is beyond me--they're way way cool, are extremely portable, and don't skip like CD's do.
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- Re: Another delivery system, James Spahr, 5/18/1999; 1:28:29 PM
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