Dont forget the data integrity issues gentlemen I would not use anything but lossles in the guise of FLAC even if I was 100% sure that i could not hear any difference.
1.From a lossless source you can transcode to everything else without issues. lossy to lossy codec can get you strange artefact's. 2.A lossless file is a true backup of your CD it is a copy of the original. 3. Thinking ahead flac and mp3 and mp4 and ogg is the thing now but in 20 years it might be another lossless format ? Or another lossy format or who knows. Eventually we will face some kind of data migration problem in the future. Converting lossles files dont hurt the content. 4. Using a free lossles format as FLAC instead of closed source like WMA or ALAC gives some insurance that is going to be decoders in the future. 5. If the audio data is going to be further processed by room correction algorithms or software in speaker crossovers and HT equipment, it's better to use a non compressed source. This might seem very esoteric, and it was studio speakers and ultra expensive hifi like meridian that used it, but logitech showed in such tech in th boom :) Others will follow. Btw even midfi home theater receivers often have some useful non gimmicky processing these days my 0.02$ -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- No it can NOT be controlled with iTunes.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69548 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
