• kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Even FLAC is compressed. Which is how I procure my music because I have the storage space.

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      7 months ago

      Yup, although that doesn’t stop some weirdos out there claiming that CDs sound better than FLAC.

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      7 months ago

      FLAC is compressed, but unlike lossy codecs like AAC and MP3, FLAC is fully lossless. Lossy codecs delete information the authors believe you won’t notice, lossless compression keeps all the data and just tries to fit it in a smaller space. The original recording can be perfectly reproduced (taking into account sample rate and depth).