[Nefarion]

of course.

A zip file is compressed and is useless until it is uncompressed.
Try and unzip a file and use it without an unzipping program. You're just being silly now.

With Master Tape --> CD Compression ... The data is read in its compressed state.

 

[AC1]

Quote:

Originally posted by zowie Obviously false if the master was a 16/44 recording. And that makes no sense at all for analogue recordings.

Very true, master tapes can be both analogue and digital depending on how the recording is made, and if the masters were in 16/44 then by anyones definition it is not compressed (to redbook).
If the masters were at 24/96 and down converted to 16/44 (or 24/128 to 24/96 whatever) is it "compressed" or not?
Or if it's in analouge and converted to digital is it "compressed" or not?
But of course this is really up to definition, and in the continuing spirit of head-fi we have to have someone that has to nitpick at it. Not that I am trying to stop peoples opinions or anything, but doesn't this seem to always happen? Remember that VD power cord dissection thread? Jeez.

 

[MTRH]

It'd be alot less confusing if you'd let the terminology stay in the correct context.

"compression" as in the 2000's most used tool in studios to abuse and destroy music; lessening dynamics and causing overdrives.

"compression" as in bitreduction either preserved or bitreduced compression - lossless/lossy respectively.
(lossless and lossy in context relative to it's effect to the material chosen due to compression of former source)

don't let resampling and conversion of other kinds confuse you.

 

[taoster]

yes..

compression is not the same as conversion nor resampling.

compression is strictly that, to take something larger and making it smaller. it can be lossy or lossless, the later can be uncompressed back to the original uncompressed data while lossy can not be uncompressed/altered back to the original.