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What format are most people using, and why?

Are most people just using WAV or another lossless format like FLAC?

I have personally used FLAC because of its ability to store metadata like cd and track name info, file sizes being ~25% smaller than WAV, ability to be streamed, and obviously the lossless aspect.

I am thinking about re-encoding my collection and was wondering what other people are using.

Thanks.

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04-27-06

Responses (1-35 of 35)

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04-27-06 Alac. same benefits as flac, but i can use itunes... Edesilva

04-27-06 Aiff, what can i say, i've become an apple guy. Kennyt

04-27-06 Apple lossless for 2 reasons. 1. like you stated, you can't ... Herman

04-27-06 I'm entertaining the idea of getting into pc audio as a sour ... Mdp0430

04-27-06 Flac. lots of live music in flac format on dimeadozen.com. ... d_aaadler@

04-27-06 Wave files. 24/96 wave files for all my analog recordings.ha ... Hi5harry

04-27-06 Flac. foobar is awesome and i hate apple products. Glitch947

04-28-06 I don't understand why you feel 24/96 wave files are the bes ... Herman

04-28-06 I only use 24/96 when burning my vinyl onto the hard drive. ... Hi5harry

04-28-06 That makes good sense. i must have been asleep as i missed t ... Herman

04-29-06 I have a lynx 2 card in my computer. i also use the manley s ... Hi5harry

04-29-06 Harry, i have been busy putting my cds on hard drive and up ... Herman

04-29-06 Hello herman. vinyl does sound worse once digitally recorded ... Hi5harry

08-07-06 I see that you are using the lynx 2. have you tried to conne ... Planckscale

08-07-06 I use wma lossless. my only use is home playback at this p ... Kthomas

08-08-06 I own and love the lynx 2b i have. i run this direct into m ... dawnrazor-age@

08-09-06 Hi dawnrazor-age, is the "pass x-150" an amp or a ... Planckscale

08-11-06 Plank, the x-150 is an amp, and yes, i run straight into it ... dawnrazor-age@

08-11-06 Alac - as a mac guy its a no-brainer; in fact its hard to do ... Ckorody

08-11-06 Dawnrazor-age, wow! your setup is amazing. your experience ... Planckscale

08-12-06 P, the lynx is a great card and a great choice. i think yo ... dawnrazor-age@

08-14-06 I am archiving all my analog now using dsd files. they are m ... Crna39

08-30-06 I use wma lossless. the reason is because i can batch-burn ... Uofmtiger

12-23-06: Pardales
I have all my files in Apple Lossless and think they sound great. If someday I wanted to convert all my files into some other Lossless scheme (not supported by MAC), like FLAC, is there software that allows you to do this properly?
Pardales (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-23-06 Supposedly dbpoweramp can do this through a plugin - i would ... Slothman

12-24-06 I use wav. eac gets the track names for me and thats all ... Kacz

01-01-07 I have been using aiff files for all the music i've imported ... Hals_den

01-01-07 Use eac to wav. then use itunes to convert the wav to apple ... Bcretty

01-08-07 Now i use eac to rip directly to flac and j.river media cent ... Bcretty

01-10-07 Just a note... you should be seeing more than a 25% reductio ... Shawn_smith

01-10-07 I have a question: how does one make "the perfect rip&q ... The_smokester

02-03-07: Pardales
As mentioned earlier in the thread I have all my files saved in Apple Lossless. If I had iTunes convert my Apple Lossless files to WAV would my files be equivalent to ones created if I had ripped them to WAV from the CD at the point of my original rip?

Curious......thanks.
Pardales (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-04-07 an uncompressed apple lossless file is exactly the same as ... Michaelct

07-16-10 Flac! too bad apple stuff doesnt support it... Docks

07-16-10 Wav for mostly cds ripped to disk in the microsoft world. h ... Mapman