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Default Can mp3 quality be improved?

On 12/13/2011 7:12 AM, Edmund wrote:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:08:09 +0000, Audio Empire wrote:


While you do have a point, MP3 does meet the digital definition of
compression.


That IS the speech defect I am talking about!
If that IS the new definition that definition is plain wrong and
misleading. Never before in no other branch compression ever meant
throwing away data or material.


Um... it's not exactly "new". The term "compression" for what is
essentially data reduction has been in use since at least the 80s,
perhaps earlier.

So while you have a valid point, it's about three decades too late to
fight this linguistic battle.

//Walt