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> I used a lossless FLAC copy of the CD album from 2003 to see this. It’s quite possible a lot of this would be missing from lossy copies, such as MP3s, though
by kmoser 2y ago
> I used a lossless FLAC copy of the CD album from 2003 to see this. It’s quite possible a lot of this would be missing from lossy copies, such as MP3s, though I haven’t tested that.
Aren't music CDs already compressed using lossy compression? A FLAC copy of that uncompressed CD would be one generation away from the original, whereas an MP3 of the rip would be two generation removed from the original (i.e. still lossy, only more so)?
- kazinator 2y agoNo, compact disc audio is not compressed. It is raw 16-bit samples at a 44.1 kHz rate. However I think compact disc audio is allowed to suffer some degradation from errors. It takes well over 700 MB to store 70 minutes of CD audio. When the same disc is used for data, which has to be reliable, the capacity drops to 650 MB.