There is a divergence in the use of digital audio data compression and bit-rate reduction technologies. On the one hand, there are the proponents of higher compression ratios using psychoacoustic ...

Lossless data compression of digital audio signals is useful when it is necessary to minimize the storage space or transmission bandwidth of audio data while still maintaining archival quality.

With the introduction of Qualcomm’s aptX Lossless technology, Bluetooth headphone customers will finally join their wired audiophile brethren with the option to listen to lossless quality audio. The ...

Audio engineer Kevin Marques Moo, better known as Daddy Kev, has published a new book exploring the history, art and science of compression. Audio Dynamics: Compression Techniques for Modern Mixing ...

Lossy compression schemes can be based on a source model, as in the case of speech compression, or a user or sink model, as is somewhat the case in image compression. In this chapter we look at audio ...

Lars Liljeryd woke up one morning in 1996 with a hangover and an idea that would transform the science of digital audio. A Swedish inventor and erstwhile rock drummer, Liljeryd had toyed with ways of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Compression is the most complex of all audio effects or processes available to the modern audio ...

Apple is bringing its lossless audio technology to HomePod and HomePod Mini in a future software update. Apple has developed its own lossless audio compression technology called Apple Lossless Audio ...

Apple’s recent hifi audio streaming launch for Apple Music was received with enthusiasm, but also all sorts of confusion when it comes to lossless audio. Today, Apple tried to clear up user questions ...

Apple Music: Apple has said that users with the latest OS on iPhones, iPads and Mac would be able to stream both standard lossless or CD-quality audio and high-resolution lossless audio for select ...