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To: Walter Morton who wrote (1625)	11/29/1998 2:58:00 AM
From: Burt Roger	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 18366

Compression for CD music: At the Oct. L.A. show the demo product NCI developed for Lucent had a 22:1 compression ratio which provides "near CD quality" sound A 14:1 compression ratio will provide CD quality sound Near CD (22:1) quality will allow 2 mins. of music to occupy 1 mgb of storage CD quality (14:1) will allow 1 min. of music to occupy 1 mgb. of storage The average person's ability to distinguish the sound difference between these two compressions is minimal. Lucent has a DSP which accomplishes this compression with relative ease. I also foresee home and other permanent large stereo systems eventually playing music with H.D. and flash memory storage devices. This would greatly enhance distribution via the net. Lucent would love to see the industry adopt its DSP compression algorithms and NCI shareholders would like that as well. A prior post mentioning collaborative work on music via the net with IBM, Sony, EMI, and others is most interesting. IBM's microdrive would be an excellent fit with NCI's microOS. It's all very probable.