Mike, I went looking for that article and stumbled upon this gem. http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=103168
Enjoy. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Mike. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 3/9/2012 at 3:56 PM Vladimiro Macedo wrote: > > |What dbPowerAmp does is encapsulate the wav file into a FLAC container > > |without actually compressing it. I guess it can be a bit arguable if > you > |can technically call it a FLAC file :) > |It's like using "Store" mode in RAR, for instance. The idea behing > this > |"uncompressed FLAC" is to give the FLAC tagging abilities to people > who > |don't want to compress their files. But as WAV is lacking in the tags > |department (some workarounds, but most players are not compatible with > > |those), dbPowerAmp uses the FLAC structure and inputs the uncompressed > > |data inside. > |As far as I understood from the webpage, that's it. I don't think that > > |option is available with the command-line flac. I think dbPowerAmp > (and > |this is me purely speculating, mind you) manually builds the file by > |adding a FLAC header where the tags can be stored and then inserts the > > |uncompressed wav in the data field of the file or something > equivalent. > | > ============= > > > The Absolute Sound magazine is running a four-part series debating and > "measuring" whether there is an audible difference between WAV and FLAC > playback. > > imo, it looks like the purpose of the series is to denigrate FLAC. > Nothing more, nothing less. > > > http://www.enjoythemusic.com/tas/ > > 34 Computer Audio Quality Part 3 > DR. CHARLES ZEILIG AND JAY CLAWSON CONTINUE THEIR GROUNDBREAKING > ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE AND QUANTIFY EVERY SONIC VARIABLE IN COMPUTER > AUDIO. PART THREE OF THIS FOUR-PART SERIES EXPLORES WHETHER FLAC IS > REALLY SONICALLY TRANSPARENT. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac >
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