Also, I'm assuming that since nobody mentioned it yet, that the ALAC format itself is just fine? I know it's a proprietary format and requires transcoding, so that makes it less preferable to FLAC overall, but in terms of sound quality, it should be identical to FLAC, yes?
In other words, am I "safe" in continuing to rip the rest of my 400+ CD library in ALAC? (I know I can always transcode to FLAC later, I'm just trying to make sure that there's no sound-related reason to abandon ALAC, i.e. that ALAC's sound quality is the same as FLAC, and that transcoding to FLAC later would produce identical sound quality as ripping to FLAC in the first place.) Also, going back to my off-topic question that I asked before, does anyone know if there's a way to view and/or adjust the album gain on ALAC files? iTunes shows the track gain it uses for Sound Check, but it does not allow me to change that value (only enable or disable it). iTunes also does not show anything regarding album gain, so I'm not sure that tag is even supported under ALAC. Anyone know? If album gain isn't supported, then if I transcode to FLAC later, I assume the album gain tag would be empty? Is album gain a sufficient "sound quality" reason to rip to FLAC instead of ALAC? Sorry for the silly questions, I'm new to all of this... =) -- cepheid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cepheid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3845 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22635 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
