I followed this thread some. I agree that getting back to the uncompressed audio would be virtually impossible without knowing the non-linear transfer function that resulted in what exists now. But, I have hardware, both in my "home stereo" and in my recording rack that is a "decompressor"; I think most people would call those "expanders", as is the label on the gear. Oddly, the home stereo version is more adjustable. I can't get back uncompressed audio with those. But, I do get audio with more dynamic range, and it's only a question of how pleasing the result is as to whether it's worth using. I hope that's useful commentary & info. Cheerio.... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user