[vorbis] Vorbis native Ripper-decoder-encoder

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:33:36PM -0700, Nathan Johnson wrote:
> > First off, perceptually codecs almost always perform better on higher
> > quality sound equipment then lower quality equipment, as the good stuff
> > tends to break the codecs assumptions.
> 
> You mean the 'bad stuff' tends to break the assumptions?
> 
> Or perceptual codecs perform better on lower quality equipment?

Oh yes, egg on me. Sorry, poor quality audio gear tends to break the
assumptions of the codec. It's not possible to optimize for bad gear as it
can be bad in different ways. So we optimize for good gear and leave it in
the users hands to make their experience better by improving their gear.

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