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WAV vs. AIFF

Is there any benefits/disadvantages of one of these over the other? I have read the one advantage of AIFF is that it carries meta tags, but are there any other differences? WAV is said to be an exact match of the original, what makes AIFF different that Apple felt the need to create it? Brianmgrarcom  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 07-11-08

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 07-11-08   Between wav and aiff i think it's more a matter of which pla ...   James1969 07-11-08   Thanks james. i have always done everything in apple lossle ...   Brianmgrarcom 07-11-08   Fwiw as storage is so cheap, i would go with aiff if you use ...   Kennyt 07-11-08   Just an aside. after i read your post i googled "wav v ...   Jpod 07-11-08   I know how you feel jpod! that is interesting about aiff. ...   Brianmgrarcom 07-12-08   I was quite impressed with the exemplar cdserver at both the ...   Tbg 09-13-09   How do file sizes differ wav vs aiff vs apple lossless vs fl ...   Artmaltman 09-13-09   Tbg, why maximum avoidance of error correction with wav?   Clio09 09-13-09   Too get the best read???   Tbg 09-13-09   So in your experience not using error correction when rippin ...   Clio09 09-13-09   Clio09, although i have much experience with window ripping, ...   Tbg 09-14-09   I have done extensive listening tests on rippers, ripping sp ...   Acurus 09-14-09   Acurus, since i have found wavs done without a disc mat take ...   Tbg 09-14-09   Tbg, please don't believe my assertion as it is not one, but ...   Acurus 09-15-09   Acurus, i have a exemplar music server and at this moment ca ...   Tbg 09-15-09   It "may" be bits are bits, but what goes along wit ...   Brianmgrarcom 10-01-09   Don't use wav. it does not hold tags and will bite you later ...   James63 10-06-09   I have been using my mac mini for about 2 years as my main m ...   Audiofun 10-06-09   i certainly don't claim to be an expert and have no problem ...   Brianmgrarcom 10-06-09   It absolutely is compressed (think about it, if it were not, ...   Audiofun 10-07-09   agreed. my bad in not stating myself better. there is comp ...   Brianmgrarcom 10-07-09   Right in so many ways, when the concomitant digital picture ...   Audiofun 10-07-09   whether right or wrong, i have always felt the same way on t ...   Brianmgrarcom 10-07-09   "brianmgrarcom wrote": "here we "may&qu ...   Audiofun 10-10-09   In my experience, flac is the one that sounds just like wav/ ...   Blackstonejd 10-11-09   This post is starting to make me laugh.... everyone should ...   James63 10-13-09   Wav and aiff are just raw data files and should perform the ...   Antipodes_audio 10-13-09: Antipodes_audio Why don't you just let us all know when you have done on James63? Antipodes_audio  (Answers | This Thread) 10-13-09   I think this was a good discussion and hopefully some of us ...   Audiofun 10-13-09   Well i had some one help me with a double blind test.... be ...   James63 10-14-09   I've compared .wav and .flac and couldn't tell the differenc ...   Kgturner 10-14-09   Hi kgturner, so my assertion that timing/jitter is an issue ...   Antipodes_audio 10-14-09   this is an interesting (and excellent) statement and also so ...   Brianmgrarcom 10-14-09   Some dacs are more tolerant of jitter than others, some syst ...   Antipodes_audio

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