May 2016 Hi-Res Audio Appendix
Download newsletter here. Loseless versus Lossy In order to make a music file smaller, it must go through either lossless or lossy compression. With lossless compression, all original data from the music file can be restored after it’s uncompressed, where as lossy compression permanently reduces the music file by cutting out some data during the encoding process. Whenever any data is lost or removed from a music file during compression, the resolution is negatively impacted.