[QUOTE=bozeman1941;3956486]Quote Originally Posted by Overlord2.0
'Not trying to be picky or anything but do you have it in Mp3 format as well?
Lol people have work , people have iphones , people have phones. Flac is only supported for pc and not everyone is at home . I use mp3 files for my phone and flac when I’m home on my laptop . Plus people say don’t ever degrade a flac file to a mp3 format ruins the quality by alot. 320kpbs sounds great in my ears idk what’s the difference but i doubt anyone can really tell the difference unless you have god ears that can hear every single bad tick.
No, sorry; I won't touch mp3's, but it's a simple enough matter to convert from FLAC to any other file format - there's any number of free (even online) file converters available. But more to the point, why would anyone want mp3? They just sound so bad, and any modern audio player will play most formats these days. Mp3 is a leftover relic of '90's technology with no place in the 21st century. I didn't expect anyone would ask for that.'
These days, FLAC is supported by the vast majority of mobile devices, not just PC. Even if it wasn't, it is very simple to convert from FLAC/wav to other lossless formats, and as file size is no longer an issue, why put up with bad sound, when you don't have to? Personally, I would rather not listen to something than have to listen to mp3. And trust me, anyone can hear the difference between file formats when compared side-by-side. And obviously, converting from a lossless to a lossy format will always degrade the performance; that's why lossy is best avoided. In this day and age, there is no valid reason to use lossy formats; it's been well over a decade since I used mp3 (and I hated them then, but had little option). I had assumed that mp3 particularly, had been consigned to the dustbin of history. Do yourself a favour, and compare the difference; you will never look back.
You have a point , last night when you told me why use mp3, i checked my phone apple store and there’s two flac players that allow me to listen to every single flac file i have on my phone. I noticed in one of the files it said “44.1 kHz 16 bit.cue” is that not the same as a mp3, i know mp3 have 320 kbps 16bit
Yes, most phones/music players/tablets will play many file formats including FLAC and wav. All music files from CD downwards (including mp3) are 44kHz sampling frequency/16bit word size, but what differs is the 'bit rate' - the higher the better. CD's are 1411.2kbps, mp3's are 320kbps or less (in other words, a maximum of 1/4 the amount of information present in the CD). Higher quality PCM music formats go up to 384kHz/24bit (currently) but anything above about 44kHz/24bit is considered 'hi-res', with accompanying increase in file size. The highest quality available at present is known as DSD (Direct Stream Digital) (see here for details
https://www.whathifi.com/advice/what-dsd-audio-how-it-works-where-to-download-files-and-more) and is incredibly good sounding (almost as good as hi-end analogue tape), but file sizes are huge (about 10Gb for a 60 minute album). But, to start with, even CD quality (which is considered 'standard definition') wav or FLAC etc, is a good step up from mp3. It isn't hard to tell them apart at all. And the better the sound, the more enjoyment will be had, plus less 'listening fatigue' (which comes about from listening to poor sound - a bit like a headache), so win-win. :-D