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wileydog:
Not really a tech support question but....Using the AVS Audio Converter (3rd party software), I converted some FLAC files to WAV.  The bit rate increased almost 10 fold (and so did the file size).  With my laptop speakers, and until I can get back to my home rig, I can't really tell the difference in sound.  Did I stumble upon a sneaky way of getting audiophile quality from a normal CD quality download or did I stumble upon a good way to fill up my hard drive in a hurry?

BryanC:
Does the word "lossless" mean anything to you?

nwboater:
There are a few audiophiles that swear they can hear an improvement in sound quality with WAV. But most of us, including a lot of people with some very high quality systems are very happy with FLAC.

Rod

DarkPenguin:

--- Quote from: wileydog on February 26, 2012, 08:25:30 am ---Not really a tech support question but....Using the AVS Audio Converter (3rd party software), I converted some FLAC files to WAV.  The bit rate increased almost 10 fold (and so did the file size).  With my laptop speakers, and until I can get back to my home rig, I can't really tell the difference in sound.  Did I stumble upon a sneaky way of getting audiophile quality from a normal CD quality download or did I stumble upon a good way to fill up my hard drive in a hurry?

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Where do you suppose this extra "quality" came from if it wasn't from the FLAC file?  You're filling up your hard drive.

Hendrik:

--- Quote from: wileydog on February 26, 2012, 08:25:30 am ---Not really a tech support question but....Using the AVS Audio Converter (3rd party software), I converted some FLAC files to WAV.  The bit rate increased almost 10 fold (and so did the file size).  With my laptop speakers, and until I can get back to my home rig, I can't really tell the difference in sound.  Did I stumble upon a sneaky way of getting audiophile quality from a normal CD quality download or did I stumble upon a good way to fill up my hard drive in a hurry?

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FLAC is a lossless compression, and WAV is an uncompressed format. In other words, FLAC is like ZIP for audio, you can compress a file, and then uncompress it again, and you get 100% exactly the same file back out again.
WAV is uncompressed audio. Its really just a waste of space, because once decoded FLAC will result in exactly the same audio.

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