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.

Download newsletter here. What is Hi Res Music? Some say vinyl is the best audio source you can get, others CD’s. But is there another source of high quality audio delivered via the same means as today’s poor quality audio? Currently the most popular streaming services on the internet deliver us music that is so compressed that quality is sacrificed for speed of delivery. Should we be accepting this? ____________________________________________________________________________