drmatt wrote: > RE: dvd-a etc > Me, because I'd rather have a single disc with four or twelve hours of > audio than yet another box set that costs fifty quid. >
Avoiding unnecessary and wasteful so-called high resolution formats allows that to be accomplished. > > As for flac compression ratio, let me Google that for you.. wikipedia > quotes "50-60%" of original file size, MLP quote "1.5:1". I'm sure I > don't need to explain the difference between these numbers. Simple algebra shows that 1.5:1 (MLP) is the same as 66% of original file size. The difference between 60% of original file size (FLAC in some cases) and 66% of original file size (MLP in come cases) can easily be explained by specsmanship and/or cherry-picking examples. It is not that much. regardless. In contrast simply using uncompressed 44/16 as opposed to 24/192 yields much higher space gains. 1 channel of 44/16 is 704 kb/sec, while 1 channel of 24/96 gobbles space at 2304 kb/sec and 24/192 at 4608 kb/sec. I believe that simply using a sane 44/16 format gives you file size of about 30% or 15% depending which wasteful so-called high resolution format you choose as your baseline. I've used FLAC many times, see its value, but its compression, like most other lossless compression techniques is highly dependent on choice of program material. Not a fault, just how these things work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105070 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
