drewe181;149008 Wrote: > hi guys, can anyone tell me if, from a sound quality point of view, it's > worth converting my mp3s to FLAC or whether i have the 'joy' of > re-ripping my collection to get better sound. > > since mp3 has been compressed, i don't know if it is uncompressed when > converted -to FLAC- or not > > thanks -Drewe
Converting an mp3 into FLAC cannot improve things. You will be converting mp3 to WAV and then to FLAC; the playing process will then convert the FLAC to WAV (effectively). This will be no different (at all) from playing the mp3 directly, except that it will take up a lot more space on your HD and take you time in converting. If you want the better sound quality of FLAC, you need to rerip. It may be worth trying it with 5-10 CDs and seeing if you can tell the difference. If you are comparing 320kbps mp3s with CD FLACs on a budget system, there may be no difference; if you're comparing 64ps mp3s with CD FLACs on a ninja separates system it's likely to be worth it. Only re-rip if your ears insist on it! (Plus I guess you could consider whether there is a difference between MP3 and CD FLAC that is fairly inaudible on an A-B comparison basis, but does affect your overall enjoyment of the music. I'm not sure how much it has been analysed.) Adam -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28710 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
