[vorbis] An intresting article

[Andreas Karlsson]

Chris wrote:
> Unintended Consequences of MP3 Compression to Hearing:
> http://www.informatik.fh-hamburg.de/~windle_c/Logologie/MP3-Gefahr/MP3-risk.html 
> 
> 
> Based in some real facts or just someone makeing stuff up?

Hi,

My guess is that there is some credit to be done. My guess is that the 
brain add the missing sounds in lossy compressed music/sounds to make up 
for the loss and to filter out some of the blurs and distortions (in 
high bands).
If you would only hear lossy compressed sounds, from the very beginning 
of your life, your mind would be tuned to this and you would have 
problems hearing "real" sounds, or they would sound "weired".
If this is a big (potential) problem, I would not know. But I think it 
must have to do with huw much you expose yourselfe to lossy sounds and 
how lossy it really is (eg. MP3 64kbit or OGG -q 10).

Just my thoughts. Flame away :)

Best regards,
Andreas Karlsson

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