FLAC vs MP3 - Which Has Better Quality

[Intr4ns1t]

Then I would suggest you sit down in front of a mirror, then ask yourself, "How does this make me feel?" If you find yourself annoyed by the question, you're probably doing it right. Pass go, collect $200(per 50 minute hour), and enjoy the benefits.

Do you sometimes sit at home at night and think that you should become Rich Uncle Pennybags?

And back on topic so this thread doesn't get Van Dammed - Why do we have this thread? Really, what's the point any more?

It was a rhetorical topic. Rhetoripical... rhetopical...rhetoricopacal...rhetoricatopical thread, so, no harm, no foul?

[Waddafocky]

Rhetoricatopical Shmetoricatopical quality is in the ears of the beer holder

[1000possibleclaws]

I actually agree with Anarkial. You hear Live through crappy speakers, wiring and associated equipment which isn't meant for SQ, quite the opposite of a recording studio environment

Live bootlegs capture elements you won't find in (over)produced studio-work. Also you'll be able to tell if the musicians can actually play their songs, and you might get improvisation (phish?) or just the band changing up songs from the time they were initially recorded. The point of live albums isn't to give a better quality recording than a studio recording, or else noone would ever record in studios/hire producers.

Then again you are obviously trolling, so this is entirely pointless to point out.

And back on topic so this thread doesn't get Van Dammed - Why do we have this thread? Really, what's the point any more?

Flac convo's in the BITTORRENT section of a file-sharing board? Entirely pointless.

[Quarterquack]

If anyone still doubts the advantages of live bootlegs or performances vs. recorded/mastered copies; just listen to the difference between a band's performance (like say Dream Theater in Metropolis 2) on album, and on tour (they actually released one of their high profile performances as a New York concert disc). The quality/emotion flowing of the music is significantly different.

[Intr4ns1t]

Live bootlegs capture elements you won't find in (over)produced studio-work. Also you'll be able to tell if the musicians can actually play their songs, and you might get improvisation (phish?) or just the band changing up songs from the time they were initially recorded. The point of live albums isn't to give a better quality recording than a studio recording, or else noone would ever record in studios/hire producers.

It'll sound silly, but watch the video of the live performance of Yoda, by Weird Al Yankovic, on youtube. It demonstrates how little of the artist we can see on an album, versus a live performance. Watch it through the "break" to see the essence of improvisation. That video actually gave me a lot more respect for W.A.Y., after seeing how full that performance is. A perennial showman who is a master of chemistry with his audience. And that chemistry will never be translated through the cheese grater of "mastering".