JohnnyLightOn Wrote: > These "scientific sites" are often populated by people who either don't > have great ears or don't have great systems. I've read on > Hydrogenaudio a dozen times that good MP3s and CDs are > indistinguishable, which is clearly not the case. > > I'm not saying I think FLAC sounds worse than WAV. But just because > FLAC is lossless doesn't mean we, as audiophiles, must categorically > rule out any sound difference. This type of thinking - that bits are > bits - is why we've been saddled with crappy CD sound up until a few > years ago, even though the standard came out in 1982. Everything bears > testing, comparison, and scruitiny, even those things that appear > obvious. FLAC needs an extra decoding step, and in any setup, this > step has the potential to degrade the sound.
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