boot question

thecory

for those in the know. where would i get the best sound flac or cd? i'm not a wizard by any means on the computer. if i want to burn flac to a cd don't i lose some quality? i mean the cds have to be higher quality then what i can make but then again it says 'burn to order' what to do for the best sound?

Biggest Wave

If you need to question it, just buy the physical CD.

melva02

I believe the flac files are designed to be burned to cds, aren't they? It's not specified on pearljam.com, but I assume they are 16 bit audio at 44.1 kHz sampling rate, which is the only format compatible with cd recording. edit: Here's a link that might be useful. http://24bit.turtleside.com/

If they were 24 bit 96 kHz flac files, they would be better quality than the audio cds available for purchase; however, you would need to convert them if you wanted to make them into cds. There's no point buying flac if you just want mp3s (for example if you want to put these songs on your ipod or if you don't have a huge hard drive, like more than 100 GB).

I agree completely with Biggest Wave that casual computer users should buy the cd or the mp3s. I just wanted to add more detail in case anyone else was searching for this.

I would add that I recommend the cd because then you get the packaging, which is cardboard with a sticker of the setlist. You can make your own flac files or mp3s, but you can't print your own packaging for cds you make.

Melissa