Re: [ARSCLIST] Lossy compression losing quality (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .)

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> What you want is a WAV (or AIFF) in the format specified in the redbook: 
> two channels, sixteen bits per sample per channel, 44100 samples per 
> second, uncompressed PCM audio.
>
Okeh...this reminds me I had another question...!

Is not "PCM" a digital result converted from the actual digital audio
as sampled into a file based on when strings of "ones" (even if a single
bit) change to strings of "zeroes" (same caveat)...?!

So that a CD player has to convert that content into the actual audio
in digital form, which is then converted to an analog waveform used 
to drive the output transducer (phones, speaker(s), wotever...)?

Steven C. Barr