The goal of digital compression algorithms is to produce a digital representation of an audio signal which, when decoded and reproduced, sounds the same as the original signal, while using a minimum ...

Sony's LDAC codec enables hi-res audio on Android phones, but you need to download the Sound Connect companion app and change this setting to use it.

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Compression is the science of making data representations smaller, in order to decrease the data's bandwidth and storage requirements. Compression applications are everywhere: in computers (WinZip and ...

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If you’re listening to music right now, you can probably hear the vocalist’s slight pitch-shifts, or hiss of a drummer’s hi-hats, or the padded thump of a synth bed. But do you ever think about what ...