Re: Apple Computer changes its name

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Matthew T. Russotto wrote:

> If you use exactly the same codec with exactly the same settings, I'd
> hope there would be no quality loss.  I don't know if this is the
> right term, but I call this a "stable" codec -- one where C(D(x)) = x

Even if that's true (which I doubt)- it's impossible to test, as
there's no way to know what settings Apple used when encoding the
tracks that are available on iTunes anyway.

Besides, going from iTunes to some other mp3 player guarantees you'll
be using different codecs.

Matt