I’m also a FLAC user. I compared FLAC rips directly to the original CDs before settling on FLAC for my music storage and was unable to tell a difference.
However, as someone else previously noted, while lossless, FLAC does involve file size compression in a manner similar to Zip files, though FLAC is specifically for music. FLAC assumes that your hardware is adequate for doing the decompression. Most modern equipment should be more than capable for this task but I suppose there might still be some gear out there that isn’t up to snuff.
However, as someone else previously noted, while lossless, FLAC does involve file size compression in a manner similar to Zip files, though FLAC is specifically for music. FLAC assumes that your hardware is adequate for doing the decompression. Most modern equipment should be more than capable for this task but I suppose there might still be some gear out there that isn’t up to snuff.