OT: Buying an iPod in Toronto: recommendations please

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:12:25AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
> If the output is not identical to the original, it is distorted.  The 
> removal of information (lossy compression) is distortion.  There are 
> other forms of distortion, such as phase shift, clipping (as you 
> mentioned about your sound card.), non-linearity, quantizing noise and 
> others.  The fact that you may not notice the difference does not mean 
> there's no distortion. 

CDs are distorted too then.  They don't sound like the original either.

> Also, everything in the audio reproduction chain 
> introduces some amount of distortion, the only question is how much.

Exactly, which is why you are better off with the better quality
headphones even when listening to an MP3 because it all adds some, it's
just a matter of how much you get in total.

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Len Sorensen
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