Edgar Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 8 hours ago, justinsweber said: Compressed music uses algorithms to save space. It’s never a bit for bit copy. Absolute sound has done many articles showing that a ripped file in flac is not bit for bit. Do you have a reference for that claim (issue, article name, page number, etc.)? If lossless compression did not expand to exact bit-for-bit copies of the original information, then the Internet wouldn't work. Neither would your computer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 metadata is important... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 You can get some metadata in your wav file but there are various formats that different players are expecting. http://wavmetadata.blogspot.com/2013/10/wav-audio-files-can-hold-several.html Any difference in sound between flac and wav files (assuming identical resolution) is going to be the result of your player and related hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbphoto Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Edgar said: Do you have a reference for that claim (issue, article name, page number, etc.)? If lossless compression did not expand to exact bit-for-bit copies of the original information, then the Internet wouldn't work. Neither would your computer. Agreed. The internet (aka the cloud) and your computer would not work if lossless compression did not return bit-perfect results. Almost everything you access on the internet (Amazon, bank statements, brokerage accounts, Apple, utility companies, this website) is stored on devices that use lossless compression. Google even invented their own lossless compression method and made it open-source - see Google Snappy. The only resource lossless compression requires is CPU horsepower which is plentiful in modern computers. For long term archiving, choose whatever lossless format is most convenient for your needs - ALAC, FLAC doesn't matter - and don't lose any sleep over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Thank you folks for all the comments. WMcD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 2 hours ago, muel said: Any difference in sound between flac and wav files (assuming identical resolution) is going to be the result of your player and related hardware. This ^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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