Can digital music be copied perfectly?

One of the most important things about digital audio is the ability, theoretically, to make perfect copies. This means that unlike, for example, photocopying a photocopy, there is no information loss in the transfer of data from one copy to another, nor is there any noise added.

Does copying music reduce quality?

Copying a digital file gives an exact copy if the equipment is operating properly. Processing a lossily compressed file rather than an original usually results in more loss of quality than generating the same output from an uncompressed original.

Does analog or digital audio have better sound quality?

An analog recording corresponds the variations in air pressure of the original sound. Analog just sounds better than digital. Listening to a well-recorded LP, you hear humans making music; with digital it’s more about sound for sound’s sake.

Is tape analog or digital?

The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the tape cassette, cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

Do digital music files degrade over time?

digital photos and audio files don’t gradually degrade over time like analog media (e.g. fading prints or scratchy audio tapes). Typically it is remains a 100\% perfect until a catastrophic event occurs (the DVD/CD get Disc rot, is scratched or broken, there is a fire or flood, etc).

Do digital copies degrade?

The short answer: No, not with any digital file, JPEGs included, does a simple copy of the file degrade the quality. Digital more-or-less literally means “numbers” once you convert something into a stream of numbers then any time you copy those numbers there is no loss of quality.

Do mp3 files degrade over time?

It stays the same always. You could play it for a billion years and your hard drive would die before the mp3 loses any “quality”. But still, mp3 will always suck compared to lossless compression.