RE: [slim] Lossy vs lossless formats - total newbie question

2005-11-08 Thread Dan Goodinson
Cool. Thanks everyone. It's a bit of a daunting task to re-rip all my CDs, but certainly the most interesting thing is that once I've ripped them to FLAC, I shouldn't need to rip them again. In fact, I kind of thought that was what would happen with MP3s. I've already ripped around 95% of my CD

Re: [slim] Lossy vs lossless formats - total newbie question

2005-11-08 Thread Michael Herger
I've not researched this _at all_ and I'm sure I could find the answers on Google within a few mins. But just wanted to get some opinions from some audiophiles... There's even an audiophiles list, if you want to meet the cracks ;-) So FLAC is lossless? And MP3 is lossy? Can you encode to FL

RE: [slim] Lossy vs lossless formats - total newbie question

2005-11-08 Thread Chris Brooking
ehalf Of Dan Goodinson Sent: 08 November 2005 12:54 To: Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Lossy vs lossless formats - total newbie question I've not researched this _at all_ and I'm sure I could find the answers on Google within a few mins. But just wanted to get some opi

[slim] Lossy vs lossless formats - total newbie question

2005-11-08 Thread Dan Goodinson
I've not researched this _at all_ and I'm sure I could find the answers on Google within a few mins. But just wanted to get some opinions from some audiophiles... I've always used MP3, and on my cheap-ass stereo it sounds fine. Personally, I actually thought MP3 was fine so long as you went for a