* "Timothy P. Stockman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 02 May 2000
| I think that a formal compression system implies the capability of
| expansion. Sampling at a lower rate throws away information with no hope of
| recovery...
True for lossless compression. Lossy compression allows for "good enough"
reproduction, for whatever "good enough" might be. What is good enough for
voice is not nearly good enough for music.
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