# Lossless or Lossy Compression music

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**Created:** [July 28, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119 "2007-07-28T18:20:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/12 "2007-07-29T05:44:30Z")

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[quote=“sureshot!,post:11,topic:33119"”]

but it’s just a hassle considering the size is SO much greater than .mp3

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thats pretty much what it boils down to. 90% of the time the music is only being played for background noise, and while I enjoy high quality data more - its just not worth it.

Then again, alot of people are prolly rocking out the HQ files in their cars on OEM paper speakers too… :picard:  
Component set & effective tuning \> \*

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