That's exactly the kind of debate I was kind to kick off! Probably worth pointing out that I don't really believe one way or the other, I've only just got my SB3 and I'm currently sitting uncomfortably on the fence trying to decide which format to encode all my CDs with.
Incidentally, having an engineering background I am inherently sceptical of 'tweakery' in general, which means that I'd essentially think that lossless compression with digital data would work perfectly well, especially as the 'shorthand' replacement of extra zeros was how I'd assumed it would work. I just wondered if anyone had experienced differences (perceved or measured) between uncompressed and lossless. Other than the obvious compatability issues, any views on whether there's any other advantages/disadvantages of using Apple lossless rather than FLAC? -- hifisteve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21700 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
