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Unintended Aural Consequences of MP3 Compression

Posted by chrisd on from the lossy-compression-obsoletes-itself dept.

zenst writes "A rather interesting read about possible damage to your hearing due to the way most audio compression techneques work. They mainly work by presenting a signal that the brain perceives to be the same as the original and it is this assumption that could effect our hearing and the way we hear."

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  1. Oh, I see by The-Bus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And here I thought this had to do with unintentionally downloading mp3s of Limp Bizkit songs...

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  2. Re:Loses all credibility right here. by Milican · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yep, I couldn't see a single instance of this being backed up by data. Its basically just a subjective article. What a bunch of trite!

    JOhn

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  3. In the United States of America ... by njchick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Frist gets the post

  4. Re:Wow.... by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I put up a post strikingly similar to yours.

    Why don't you just post your submission right here and we'll comment on it in place?

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