probedb;402281 Wrote: > His arguments for not using lossless compression are amusing... > > http://www.computeraudiophile.com/In-What-Format-Should-I-Rip-My-Music > > ...then again it is an audiophile website so whatever he says is > true....
Maybe it's just that his beloved Mac and iTunes do not support FLAC and only support ALAC, which is fine if you don't mind having the future playback capabilities of your music locked into a proprietary format and dependent on Apple's good graces. However it does mention meta-data but still insists on using the uncompressed Apple-centric AIFF format over the widely accepted (except in the Apple universe) lossless compression FLAC format, which has robust meta-data support. I am also somewhat amused by web sites and magazines that somehow feel that an iTunes based computer audio system could EVER be considered even remotely "audiophile" after all the harm that iTunes, with it's insistence on lossy compression (either via the iTunes store or the iTunes default CD ripping settings), has done to the sonic quality of digital and computer based music. Not to mention iTune's brain dead approach to just about any musical genre besides pop/rock. Please give us a freaking break. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60812 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
