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Lossy and Lossless Compression of Audio

Investigating the quality of lossy algorithms including MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3), AAC and Yamaha's SoundVQ.
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  • Comparing AAC, MP3 and TwinVQ.
  • Lossless audio compression.  <<< Completely revised in December 2000.
  • Robin Whittle  1 December 1998