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Friday, June 08, 2007

Where’s the Other Half of Your Music File?


So what exactly is a bitrate? Simply put, it is a measure of the amount of data used to represent each second of music. A higher number means that more sonic information can be used to recreate the sound. To careful listeners, or those with good audio equipment, more data can make a big difference.

[read the article - via nytimes.com]

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