I don't know what suits me better, lossy (MP3's) or lossless material?
It really depends on your storage space and how you listen to your music. If you do most of your listening through an MP3 player or some standard PC speakers you would probably benefit most from using Lossy files. MP3 is the most popular format and can be played back on virtually every media player that exists. Lossy files will also allow you to pack more songs on to your portable player.
If however you like to burn your files to CD to listen to on your HI-FI or maybe in your car you would most likely benefit from using Lossless files. You won't help but notice the drastic improvements in audio quality. Lossless might also be worthwhile if you are using decent speakers on your PC and if you have the hard-drive space.
In short, go lossless if you want the best sound quality or go Lossy if you don't have the space. The choice is yours.
Originally posted by carlibengarli:What's the point of lossless recordings? They take up insane amounts of space, and are "odd" (uncommon) files. What usage does anyone ever have of these? Are they burned to a CD or what?
Originally posted by carlibengarli:Yeah I know they are better quality of course, but how do they actually function with the size they are? What is required to play them (on the computer and on a stereo), and do you burn them to discs etc (see original post)?
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Also, how much better are they exactly?
Originally posted by carlibengarli:Yeah I know they are better quality of course, but how do they actually function with the size they are? What is required to play them (on the computer and on a stereo), and do you burn them to discs etc (see original post)?
Edit:
Also, how much better are they exactly?
Originally posted by carlibengarli:Yeah I know they are better quality of course, but how do they actually function with the size they are? What is required to play them (on the computer and on a stereo), and do you burn them to discs etc (see original post)?
Edit:
Also, how much better are they exactly?
Originally posted by carlibengarli:Yeah I know they are better quality of course, but how do they actually function with the size they are? What is required to play them (on the computer and on a stereo), and do you burn them to discs etc (see original post)?
Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
How much better is a question that can only be answered by yourself. For me the difference is 'considerable' and enough to justify the increased disc space.
For playing back on your computer VLC can handle FLAC no problem. I don't know of a straight to disc FLAC burner but you can convert the files to WAV and burn them easily to CD using itunes.
Burning to CD is probably gonna offer best results as the difference would be much more noticeable on hi-fi speakers rather than your standard PC speakers.
Originally posted by Remy:[..]
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Originally posted by carlibengarli:[..]
You're right. I was just referring to what you thought yourselves. They take a LONG time downloading though, and they're in an awful amount of files.
So they could also be converted into mp3-formats, for instance? Or only non-compressed formats? Is it possible to play them on an MP3-player? Do you think "most people" use them by burning them to a CD?