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Flac or Mp3? Can you really notice a difference?

F5F5 Posts: 791
edited October 2009 in The Porch
Just debating if its worth the extra $5 for the flac. I'm sure this will all be opinion but mabey someone can make a good argument? :D
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 94,323
    yes!

    http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/lof ... 21129.html

    "MP3 (and AAC) is a lossy format. Sound quality varies depending on the source material and your bitrate. FLAC is a lossless format. Sound quality is exactly the same as the source and will stay that way forever. Transcoding, encoding one format into another, will never result in a quality loss if you use lossless codecs (FLAC, Monkey's Audio, et cetera). It will result in a quality loss each time you convert lossy codecs (MP3, AAC, et cetera)."

    Personally, I would prefer buying the CD. Cause you can make/rip your own flac's & mp3's with the CD. That's just me!
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    id say just go with cd cuz its only a few bucks more than FLAC
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  • F5F5 Posts: 791
    Ok went with the Flac just cause I'm to impaitent to wait for the CD. :lol: T-minus 30 minutes to bliss. :D Now I just need a free program for mac to convert flac to Apple lossless.....
    Bridge - 10/25/03
    Mansfield I - 6/28/08
    Eddie NYC - 8/4/08
    Seattle - 9/21/09, 9/22/09
    Salt Lake City 9/28/09
    LA 9/30/09, 10/07/09
    San Diego 10/9/09
    Alpine Valley 9/03/11, 9/04/11
    Ashbury Park 9/18/21
    LA 5/06/21, 5/07/21
    Phoenix 05/09/22
    NYC 9/11/22
    Denver 9/22/22
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    The Mp3's sound good despite being degraded in quality, but one of the things that really bothers me is how there are gaps between songs. I like FLAC/CD becuase it flows straight through like it should.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Depends on the bitrate, how good your hearing is and how good your speakers are.. I'm just as happy with a 256 kbps as I am with flac. Be your own judge and sample and compare the too.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    The Mp3's sound good despite being degraded in quality, but one of the things that really bothers me is how there are gaps between songs. I like FLAC/CD becuase it flows straight through like it should.
    I wouldn't burn the mp3s as wave files to cd.. you're just messing up the quality even more. Just play the mp3 files straight without upconverting them to a cd and there should be no gap.
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