FLAC or any other high res formats
Jun 16, 2014 at 6:13 AM Post #16 of 28
I second the above. You should pick AAC or ogg over mp3, though.
There's also the Phillips golden ear test, testing for mp3 fragments at a 100 and some Kbps. It's fairly difficult.
 
Jun 16, 2014 at 7:25 AM Post #17 of 28
davidsh said:
I second the above. You should pick AAC or ogg over mp3, though.
There's also the Phillips golden ear test, testing for mp3 fragments at a 100 and some Kbps. It's fairly difficult.
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Why those over mp3?
 
Jun 16, 2014 at 7:27 AM Post #18 of 28
joedoe said:
 
davidsh said:
I second the above. You should pick AAC or ogg over mp3, though.
There's also the Phillips golden ear test, testing for mp3 fragments at a 100 and some Kbps. It's fairly difficult.
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Why those over mp3?
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Fram what I've heard they are better. MP3 is an old format and not as efficient in its compression of the music. So, 256 kbit/s aac or ogg is roughly equal to 320 kbit/s mp3. That's what I have been told from people who likely know a thing or two....
 
Jun 16, 2014 at 9:00 AM Post #20 of 28
lookingforiems said:
Hey guys...... ripped some old albums and some new ones into nothing FLAC and WAV. All i can say is that on 16/44.1, WAV is far far clearer and has much less distortion. Now gotta find some HDCDs
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Not possible.
WAV and FLAC are both lossless so contain identical information, there is no way they can sound different.
 
Jun 16, 2014 at 9:07 AM Post #22 of 28
joedoe said:
Even though it's lossless, Isn't Flac compressed though?
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Lossless compression. It means the data is identical when uncompressed, like a .zip or .rar file on the computer.
 
Feb 8, 2015 at 11:59 AM Post #25 of 28
Another thing to add is that AAC typically performs better at higher bitrates and Vorbis at lower bitrates.
 
Feb 8, 2015 at 12:12 PM Post #26 of 28
I use dbPoweramp, it was a $30 purchase online for the full version, and go to the library and put holds on CD's that I want to listen to. I listen to the CD, and if I like it, I'll buy it, or donate $15 to the library, and copy the CD with dbPoweramp.  I feel this is a fair way to get my music, because I donate to the library, so they can purchase new CD's, and I get my music without building a huge CD library that I have to store somewhere.  It's not illegal because I'm donating the cost of the CD back to the library, and I get a library that I'm loving to listen to.  May want to try that.
 
Feb 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM Post #27 of 28
zman2k2 said:
I use dbPoweramp, it was a $30 purchase online for the full version, and go to the library and put holds on CD's that I want to listen to. I listen to the CD, and if I like it, I'll buy it, or donate $15 to the library, and copy the CD with dbPoweramp.  I feel this is a fair way to get my music, because I donate to the library, so they can purchase new CD's, and I get my music without building a huge CD library that I have to store somewhere.  It's not illegal because I'm donating the cost of the CD back to the library, and I get a library that I'm loving to listen to.  May want to try that.
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Not sure about the legality part of your argument.… You're paying someone, but not the artist. That's the only issue with copying and ripping CDs. Anyone who worked on that album doesn't get any of that money.
 
Feb 8, 2015 at 2:09 PM Post #28 of 28
joedoe said:
Not sure about the legality part of your argument.… You're paying someone, but not the artist. That's the only issue with copying and ripping CDs. Anyone who worked on that album doesn't get any of that money.
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Well, I consider that the library bought numerous CD's, and with my donation, I pay for one, the artist gets their money from the library purchase, and I allow the library to purchase more CD's, to give money to more artist's. I guess at best, it's a grey area, but I still think I'm contributing tto artists.
 
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