bernt;409128 Wrote: > http://www.thomson.net/GlobalEnglish/Corporate/News/PressReleases/Pages/Thomson-Introduces-mp3HD-FileFormat.aspx > > Is this the end for flac?
I think that FLAC will remain the king as far as Ripping to a lossless format for end user home use. MP3HD is regular MP3 with *-"side information"-?* How in the world is that even loosely defined as "mathematically lossless" when MP3 by definition is a lossy format? I guess if youre the inventor that gives one the right to call it whatever one likes even if it's about as far from the truth as one can get! If it's MP3 it's lossy by default no matter what one calls it, adds to the side of it, or what letters one puts on the end of the acronym. But this is just my opinion and I will not be using this format. If one digs into the format, one will notice that it's probably going to take a special player. One that can read the *-"side information"-*. What really needs to happen is for the music industry to start following the real trends instead of trying to create them. The big labels need to start offering MP3, WAV, WMA, and FLAC downloads at 75 cents a song or $6.59 an album and they would crush Apple's iTune store and get to keep all the money. Some of the companies already offering downloads need to offer more lossless by offering more FLAC and 24/96 files for download. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61694
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