Understanding the world of digital audio formats can be a bit confusing, with an array of different file types and codecs in use. Among these, lossless audio holds a special place, promising ...

We test the streaming files to establish whether Spotify’s long-awaited lossless delivery actually serves the bit-perfect ...

Ok, I've lurked here a bit, read a bit on r3-mix, and tried to deal with the borked search. Now I have a couple of questions....<P>I'm making a PC as part of my stereo system. The stereo system itself ...

Most casual music fans now love the freedom that wireless earphones have brought, but in terms of audio quality it has meant a downturn However, a few months ago I got a chance to test out the ...

Lossy compression allows for higher compression ratios and is useful for data where the lost data has minimal effect on the decompressed output. Typical applications for lossy compression include ...

I have been ripping my CD collection using Apple Lossless audio compression on my 1 Ghz tiBook running OS X 10.3.4. The ALAC tracks sound excellent, however I noticed that certain tracks from ...

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