On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:01:39 -0700, Sonnova
<sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>Apple lossless is just that - lossless. That means that the decompressed
file
>is EXACTLY, bit-for-bit identical to the original. In fact, Apple
Lossless
>Compression (ALC) files are usually better than the results from even the
>best CD players because the ALC algorithm requires that each digital word
be
>re-tried upon compression until the transfer is error-free. No CD player,
>playing the disc "on the fly" as it were can stop and play a digital word
>that resulted in a check-sum error over and over again until it's error
free.
> The result is that most CDs are played back with the player doing
continuous
>error correction and often doing a full interpolation (guessing) of the
>error. An ALC file has no errors in it that were not on the CD itself.
So, if
>anything, an ALC file playback is even better than playback of the CD it
came
>from.
Interesting analysis.
Thanks,
Julian
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