compression questions . . .

[khushy]

I currently use EAC with either MP3 or (most recently) FLAC compression - my question is why (instead of FLAC) not just take a direct WAV copy of whats on the CD so that you dont use any compressionat all - surely that will produce the very best quality music - whih is what I am after.

FLAC certainly is much better than an MP3 at any bit rate IMHO.

The way EAC works is that it rips the track from a CD ina WAV file first then it uses the external compression file to convert it to your file of choice - MP3 FLAC etc - whats the point exactly apart from savinga few MB's

khushy

 

[khushy]

I have been reading a bit about this - WAV is supposedly exactly what is ripped from a CD - OK its a big file and FLAC compression (zip as you say) saves up to 50% of the file size - but on an MP3 player it takes more cpu power to play a FLAC than a WAV and in the compression you must loose something for it to be compressed in the first place.

So for ALL OUT - BEST quality surely you are better off with a WAV file?

khushy

 

[khushy]

ok . . .

I am getting to grips with this . . .

so more memory per file but less cpu power = WAV
less memory per file but more cpu power = FLAC

with no loss in original CD quality

much less memory per file but even more cpu power = MP3 but much less quality too

etc etc

khushy