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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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hi5harry
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Wave files. 24/96 wave files for all my analog recordings.Hard drive space is cheap and getting cheaper. I want my recordings preserved in the best format.
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I only use 24/96 when burning my vinyl onto the hard drive. Most of my cd's are burned at 16/44 and I don't like the effects of the up converters I have tried.
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I have a Lynx 2 card in my computer. I also use the Manley Slam (a professional a to d, d to a dac) when I can borrow it. For computer out I go Adobe Audition to the Empirical Off ramp turbo to the Audiomeca Enkianthus X2 ( TRL modified)Dac.
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Hello Herman. Vinyl does sound worse once digitally recorded, but 24/96 seems to be the balance of nice sound without eating up too much hard drive. I don't do any correction,as a matter of fact I run it thru my Supratec Cabernet to boost the gain enough for recording. I only record 1-2 songs per album. Maybe 40 songs total. It doesn't eat up too much hard drive. Adobe is nice, but there are so many free choices.
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