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Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2013 23:37:45 +0000
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From: Conor Williams <conor.williams@gmail.com>
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cool...


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:18 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>wrote:

> On Mon Dec  9 17:54:11 EST 2013, conor.williams@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > FLAC seems huge (again) compared to Mp3 but I will try the Flac -
> according
> > to:
> > http://www.head-fi.org/t/654057/alac-vs-flac
> > there is good compression alright...
>
> sure.  but that's not engineering.  engineering is balancing the cost
> of a resource vs the benefit.  so we're trading storage against sound
> quality.  storage is ~$15/GB, and sound quality is subjective.  so
> it's up to the customer to determine where on this continuum the
> solution should be.  but it does seem a tad rich to say that an extra
> $10 or so of storage is extravagant  (assuming steve's 50% compression.)
>
> - erik
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">cool...</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:18 PM, erik quanstrom <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:quanstro@quanstro.net" target=3D"_blank">qua=
nstro@quanstro.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">On Mon Dec =A09 17:54:11 E=
ST 2013, <a href=3D"mailto:conor.williams@gmail.com">conor.williams@gmail.c=
om</a> wrote:<br>

<br>
&gt; FLAC seems huge (again) compared to Mp3 but I will try the Flac - acco=
rding<br>
&gt; to:<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://www.head-fi.org/t/654057/alac-vs-flac" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://www.head-fi.org/t/654057/alac-vs-flac</a><br>
&gt; there is good compression alright...<br>
<br>
</div>sure. =A0but that&#39;s not engineering. =A0engineering is balancing =
the cost<br>
of a resource vs the benefit. =A0so we&#39;re trading storage against sound=
<br>
quality. =A0storage is ~$15/GB, and sound quality is subjective. =A0so<br>
it&#39;s up to the customer to determine where on this continuum the<br>
solution should be. =A0but it does seem a tad rich to say that an extra<br>
$10 or so of storage is extravagant =A0(assuming steve&#39;s 50% compressio=
n.)<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
- erik<br>
<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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