Posted by Arny Krueger on 11/29/07 15:50

"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.

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