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Old 04-26-2008, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by indikator View Post
a little OT,

why don't you guys use uncompressed instead?
large hard disk has become really cheap nowadays right?
so close to perfection, why not go for it instead?
Simply because its a waste of space.
Lossless encoded audio have an average file size of 65-60% of the uncompressed source file. With the additional benefits that you get full tag and album art support (unlike WAV)
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