Yes, the lossless audio file you're using is probably compressed — that's completely fine for this reason.

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A detailed industry explainer is challenging common misconceptions about 'lossless' audio, clarifying that many lossless formats are compressed yet retain full fidelity. The report distinguishes ...

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A good quality DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) is one of the crucial elements when it comes to deciding the kind of audio experience you can expect from a device. And at large, the same holds true ...

It’s a measure of success that the term “MP3” is probably generally understood to mean “digital audio file.” But an MP3 file contains a very specific type of audio compression, and its success, in ...

Lossless data compression of digital audio signals is useful when it is necessary to minimize the storage space or transmission bandwidth of audio data while still maintaining archival quality.

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As mentioned previously, the characteristics of typical audio signals vary from time to time and therefore we must expect the required bit rate for lossless compression to vary as well. Since the bit ...