Lossy Is Hurting Us

Quick visual experience:

Cedar_Point_beach_view_from_Sky_Ride_2013_resize — Summer fun in full resolution: Cedar Point, Ohio looking over Lake Erie.

Windows Phone_20130621_02520130621194354 — If you stream music or buy lossy files, here’s your version of summer fun. Close enough, right?

If you own a ponoplayer or another modern 24bit digital audio player, you can experience this.

Full resolution for all the music you love will return you to the quality you deserve.

Note 1 – I bet your browser showed the compressed image first. That’s why data compression exists – to get the file to you faster. Once they are both loaded, was the wait worth it?

Note 2 – Image is not audio. Audio has more detail, more nuance, and packs far more emotional cues than visuals.

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Preserving Our Art

The Resolution Wars

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