Anthony Lalande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think it's all subjective. Cassettes are low-end, because of their
>low signal-to-noise ratios (I think; I'm not an expert in this sort
>of thing), but they were high end once. So were vinyl records and
>Victorolas.
I don't think cassettes were *ever* considered "high-end." When they were
introduced, the quality of reel-to-reel tape was vastly superior... just
hard to take with you on a jog ;) Cassettes were introduced as a
portable, but lower-quality, music source.
>So far, I think this thread has defined 2 axioms:
>
>1) Lossless compression formats are always technically superior to
>lossy formats.
Um... is there such a thing as "lossless" compression? I don't think
so... I think "lossy compression" is redundant ;)
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