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You know FLAC is an archive format right? If you are planning to transcode the music in future into new files then it's ok. If you're planning to simply listen

You know FLAC is an archive format right? If you are planning to transcode the music in future into new files then it's ok. If you're planning to simply listen to it, then mp3 v0 sounds identical and is much smaller.

Semaphor 3y ago
Well, while I listen to FLAC natively (pretty sure Jellyfin knows that all my clients are capable of FLAC playback), the whole point is that I won’t be dependent on Bandcamp existing in 40 years to still enjoy my music in the LLM generated meta-crypto-space that only supports Matroobis files ;) With the quality of my speakers (the fanciest being a Logitech 5.1 system), I could probably go even lower without hearing a difference ;)
TonyTrapp 3y ago
It's good to treat your music collection as an archive - it's not unheard of that artists pull their albums from Bandcamp or other services, with no possibility for you to redownload it if you ever decide that the format you downloaded it in is no longer up for the task. And especially with commercial releases you will never know if buying the release again in some other place will give you the same experience - it might be a bad remaster and getting hold of the original version might be impossible legally.
bayindirh 3y ago
Well, it doesn't but I'll not reiterate why, for the third time. If your system is not transparent enough, you can't hear what FLAC or a CD offers, and that's OK. MP3 v0 sounds pretty impressive given the album is not brickwalled.
- majkinetor 3y ago
  I also use FLAC exclusively now. Space is not a problem any more and your archive can be used in many situations - different players, parties, as samples etc. Its not worth thinking about it. Furthermore, people that share FLAC are way more pedantic about their archive in general - like checking for re-encoding low quality mp3s, file hashs etc.

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You know FLAC is an archive format right? If you are planning to transcode the music in future into new files then it's ok. If you're planning to simply listen

by everyone 3y ago

Semaphor 3y ago
Well, while I listen to FLAC natively (pretty sure Jellyfin knows that all my clients are capable of FLAC playback), the whole point is that I won’t be dependent on Bandcamp existing in 40 years to still enjoy my music in the LLM generated meta-crypto-space that only supports Matroobis files ;) With the quality of my speakers (the fanciest being a Logitech 5.1 system), I could probably go even lower without hearing a difference ;)
TonyTrapp 3y ago
It's good to treat your music collection as an archive - it's not unheard of that artists pull their albums from Bandcamp or other services, with no possibility for you to redownload it if you ever decide that the format you downloaded it in is no longer up for the task. And especially with commercial releases you will never know if buying the release again in some other place will give you the same experience - it might be a bad remaster and getting hold of the original version might be impossible legally.
bayindirh 3y ago
Well, it doesn't but I'll not reiterate why, for the third time. If your system is not transparent enough, you can't hear what FLAC or a CD offers, and that's OK. MP3 v0 sounds pretty impressive given the album is not brickwalled.
- majkinetor 3y ago
  I also use FLAC exclusively now. Space is not a problem any more and your archive can be used in many situations - different players, parties, as samples etc. Its not worth thinking about it. Furthermore, people that share FLAC are way more pedantic about their archive in general - like checking for re-encoding low quality mp3s, file hashs etc.