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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. 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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    Blearf. Blearf, I say.