the ability to differentiate between MP3 and FLAC is merely a function of the recording quality - c'mon that's baiting for the oldest flame war :) good ole 80-20 rule... only 20% of your music collection *rightfully* deserves to be FLAC'd for sound quality. but you may FLAC it all for convenience.
as to HD recordings of every time that magically get remastered... some are better... some are worse. the gatekeeper there may not be the *pure* sound quality, it may just be our preference for one of the two recordings period. but i have several recordings where my plain ole 16bit 44kHz back-in-the-day-CD rip beats the bells-and-whistles new 24bit 192kHz re-issue i felt compelled to buy to contribute to the artist's estate... :) our hobby is a funny one. and if you are an audiophile you are like Sisyphus rolling up the rock that mountain to then do it all over again. otherwise you would have stayed with you first system, come on. :D ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- Creek Destiny Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- KEF LS50 Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> AudioEngine5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101084 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
