egd;278557 Wrote: > AFAIK there is no redundancy in WAV files either. Contrary to the > author's assertion, compression has nothing to do with it.Strictly speaking, > there is redundancy in a WAV file (otherwise it would be impossible to do lossless compression), however it is not "useful" redundancy like a checksum that can be used to correct any errors in transmission. As SuperQ points out, although mathematically FLAC has less redundancy than WAV, it has enough useful redundancy that, contrary to the article's author's suggestions, makes FLAC more robust for streaming.
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