Why on earth do people get upset about this stuff? This is nonsense. The formats are perfectly equivalent when it comes to audio output. If you are not an Apple user and do not want ALAC, well, that's your business. But puffing up your chest about being somehow superior is just, well, hot air.
Sorry for being curt but these responses have been rude. Robin Bowes;168923 Wrote: > CardinalFang wrote: > > Robin Bowes;168892 Wrote: > >> Audio quality should be identical, given that all file formats > under > >> discussion here are lossless. > >> R. > > > > Exaxctly. They are audio file formats and the only way to judge > > superiority is on their performance in that role. > > No, that is *your* way to judge superiority. > > > > > Judgement based on Open Source vs Proprietary is irrelevant in > deciding > > the superior format, it's just a personal view of philisophical > > approach to the formats. I like Open Source because of the community > > aspects and I also like proprietary because it is designed for one > > product - the one I own. But they are my personal reasons and not > due > > to measurable technical superiority. > > You seem to have unilaterally decided to define "superior" as > "technically superior". > > It is only my opinion that an open source format is preferable to a > closed, proprietary format - others may (at it would seem, do) > disagree, > but you cannot exclude this fact from consideration when debating > which > format is superior. > > R. -- lafayette Sweet Home Alabama ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lafayette's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31480 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
