[vorbis-dev] Can compressed music sound better than uncompressed?

[David A. Gatwood]

On 9 May 2001, Mike Coleman wrote:

> Robert Voigt <f1k at gmx.de> writes:
> > Is this bullshit or an interesting thought?
> 
> My vote is for "interesting bullshit".  Pushing audio through a codec is
> arguably like pushing it through a very complicated dynamic filter.  The
> result, like the result of any filter, might sound subjectively better to
> someone, or even most people, but I can't see it sounding better to everyone
> for all kinds of input.  (There are probably still audiophiles out there that
> think vinyl sounds better than 44kHz digital.)

Not sure about 44 kHz.  That's probably about the same.  I know we had
32kHz digital at the radio station where I worked, and one day I pulled
out some old vinyl to compare.  Oh, my, how much better the vinyl sounded.
It was probably one of the most humbling experiences of my life.  :-)

David

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