A question for Alex please. Where in your system is FLAC decoded?
Thanks.
Thanks.
WAV versus FLAC
Not this again, the person that said "The first is that any difference is due to the extra load placed on the processor in decoding the FLAC file." is right. People that argue about the formats do not under stand how it works, it is just a different way of writing the information. An example is below. Example: WAV= 1111222233334444 FLAC= 1.4,2.4,3.4,4.4 Both say the same thing but you can already see how the FLAC file has a shorter word length and will be a smaller file. If FLAC or Apple Lossless do not sound the same as WAV on your system do not blame the file. |
Aplhifi, You said "IMO again, Monkey's Audio and Apple Lossless are superior and much closer to uncompressed WAV, but they still lack the top-end information (air) of uncompressed WAV which still sounds best to me. " I do not want an argument but I would test your ears and equipment before speaking about the last bit of air... follow the link and SORRY if it makes you sad.... Test tones from 8khz-22khz |