Posted by Don Pearce on 11/29/07 16:04

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:50:38 -0500, "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com>
wrote:

>"Don Pearce" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:4753dbcf.190098375@news.plus.net
>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:09:22 +0000, Eeyore
>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Randy Yates wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> writes:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> ALL audio compression schemes rely on 'throwing away'
>>>>> information to get the desired result.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose you meant to say "ALL lossy audio compression
>>>> schemes ...".
>>>
>>> Fair enough.
>>>
>>> How much data compression can the non-lossy ones deliver
>>> ? I've never investigated. I imagine it can't be that
>>> much.
>>>
>>> Graham
>>
>> I don't think the non-lossy ones are strictly codecs -
>> just data compression and restoration systems.
>
>Chips that contain nothing but an ADC and a DAC are commonly called codecs
>by their makers - like AKM.
>

I think they have their terminology wrong. That goes against normal
usage.

d

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