Bob Stuart made a very wise decision when he settled on a lossless compression scheme - the creation of MLP was purely a speculative play on Meridian's part, almost basic research!

The fact that MLP ended up as the standard codec for DVD-A is a bit like the 1-5 defeat that England dished out to Germany in the World Cup qualifier (Football), those North American's on the board may not understand how momentous this is (maybe you do). Needless to say this is a BIG DEAL.

There is a really interesting interview with Bob Stuart in the September issue of Hi-Fi News (uk mag) if you can get this in the USA and elsewhere I would recommend this issue. The interview is very interesting as it charts the birth of MLP and Bob's views on SACD.

Martin.