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  1. Originally posted by RedSky:[..]
    The original broadcast would have been lossy

    Then any video taping (back in the day) would add to that loss

    Further copying - that wasn't digital - would've added to the loss

    A recording of the original lossy audio made into a lossless file without further gen degradation would be super rare but still lossy

    So lossless doesn't always mean it's the best sounding recording because you have to have provenance as to its history
    I'm aware that broadcast rips are inherently lossy and that lossless doesn't always mean perfect. I was just looking for a copy of the performance that didn't suffer any further loss like the one available here at 128 kbps.
  2. Originally posted by lololabrute:[..]
    So any rip from video, even an HQ file on YouTube, would be lossy?

    I’m trying to find audio rips of their 2017 BBC performance for example. I did one of the Paris 2015 from a TS file with Audacity and it’s quite good… but maybe there’s a better way to do it?


    Yes, but you can sign up for lossless streaming - though I haven't really looked into that and again it depends on the original source material

    But it all depends on what you want and whether you're an audiophile or not

    Lossy recordings can sound pretty damn good - its just that audiophiles and perfectionists want the 'real deal' and not some nth gen version

    It can get pretty complicated because you can have a perfect lossless file but then play it on a not-so-perfect sound system, and through not-so-perfect speakers, and listen to it with not-so-perfect hearing

    And then what environment do you listen to it in? If it's the car then there'll be loads of background noise anyway

    So if you just want a better sounding file to what you have then it always doesn't have to be lossless - all material depends on its source