Coded audio carries maximum information when the signal is maximally surprising

Evidence

So to maximize the information carried by our coded audio signal, we first need to maximize the surprise value of the audio signal. This is done by the signal redundancy removal stage. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2594

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Defines the inverse relationship between redundancy and information content in coded audio.