Can you hear the difference? FLAC vs mp3

[micropino]

to be honest....at 320k I can't tell the difference sometimes,but not always

same here

[bladesharp]

always depends on player/speaker/headphones

I can easily diff in my cowon s9

[UnGodly]

I don't get why people want flac unless they are working with the music not just to listen to

[micropino]

I don't get why people want flac unless they are working with the music not just to listen to

flac seeking people are simillar to HD 1080p addicted people; they want to have the best sound system with the best audio quality to listen to all tiny sound details in the whole audible frequencey range

[mbucari1]

I can only tell the difference between mp3's (320) and flac if I play the same section of the same song back to back. It's not a great enough difference for me to keep flac on my pc. BTW, this is with my z-5500 computer speakers.

Now I do have a couple of DVD-A's on my PC. I really like listening to some stuff in surround sound. Hotel California is 2.36GB in flac! Come to think of it, I really should convert them to aac.

[micropino]

Now I do have a couple of DVD-A's on my PC. I really like listening to some stuff in surround sound. Hotel California is 2.36GB in flac! Come to think of it, I really should convert them to aac.

This will take us to the point that lossy compressed audio format lacks few details than the lossless files (flac for instance).

I really agree with you that aac/mp3 save a lot of space... so it is a matter of compromising since the audible difference is minimal (to many) and the need for disk space is important too

[Dolphin]

Flac has a so much "real" sound & u can hear it much clearer then 320kbps mp3.

[micropino]

Yes, so you can hear the difference even @320 kbps... sounds like many people can

[100%]

I prefer to lick sound

[The_Martinator]

It's hard to tell the difference at 320. That doesn't mean there isn't any. It helps if you have 8 speakers around you ,though, lol.