lossless music

Fifer

axean wrote: »

Thats a fair point. Any problems are linked to the users disk space and if you have the memory then use FLAC.

But I'll stick to my point that you can use Lossy Compression and achieve audio files that will sound the same as the original WAV or FLAC file. I encode using OGG and find all files transparent at -q 4 (128kbs) but I keep my files at q5 on my computer with originals saved as FLAC's on DVD's. This is a level of quality that my ears can detect so there is no point using more memory to play stuff I cant here. I'd be shocked if anyone using this site was able perform a Blind Listening Test (ABX) (link), and was able to tell the difference between the FLAC file and the file encoded in OGG using AoTuV beta 5, switch -q 7 (224kbs)

I was listening to music one evening and knew something was wrong, but couldn't quite put my finger on what. Stuff I normally enjoyed seemed flat and lifeless compared to what I normally hear. The next day, I realised that a new update of my streaming software had been set to convert FLAC to 192kbit/s MP3 on the fly for streaming. I didn't know this at the time, but spotted that it didn't sound as good as the normal FLAC file. Not quite an ABX, but close enough for me, and I don't claim to have golden ears.

At 128kbit/s, I suspect most people would hear a difference if they knew what they were listening for.