Near-lossless coding of high quality digital audio: first results

First results on the feasibility of near-lossless quality audio coding systems using transform coding techniques are presented. The results are based on simulation runs at bit rates between 3 and 8 bit/sample. They were tested using both a maximum residual noise amplitude criterion and a perceptual measurement technique, noise-to-mask-ratio.<<ETX>>

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