Lossless audio formats?

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

Which lossless audio format is good to use because right now im using WAV (Lossless) and the bit rate is 1.41 Mbps is that good for lossless audio?

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[Yourgrandma 10+ year member]

CDs are encoded at 1.4mbps. You're using WAV which is uncompressed. FLAC, Apple lossless, etc seem to work just fine. I haven't sat down infront of the reference system and compard side by side, but day to day listening in the car and at work (custom 2 way IEMs) reveal no issues with any lossless codec Ive tried. Mathematically lossless is something my ears arent up to busting.

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

lol ok so yeah my friend said that lossless audio is close to the orginal copy of the cd and its the best quality you can get so is there any truth to that?

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

A good lossless rip IS the CD, bit for bit.

FLAC is my preferred codec.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

too bad Itunes dosnt recognize FLAC

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

FLAC is where it's at...

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

So flac > WAV?

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

High quality LAME MP3 rips are just as good as lossless.

You'd never notice a difference between a lame 192-320kbs mp3 rip & a flac or wav file.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

So flac > WAV?

Yes. Same quality, smaller size.

 

[nativeboy 10+ year member]

Got it cool I think ill use FLAC then rather than WAV.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

High quality LAME MP3 rips are just as good as lossless.
You'd never notice a difference between a lame 192-320kbs mp3 rip & a flac or wav file.

Meh...

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

A good lossless rip IS the CD, bit for bit.
FLAC is my preferred codec.

This.

nG

 

[Upgrayedd 10+ year member]

High quality LAME MP3 rips are just as good as lossless.
You'd never notice a difference between a lame 192-320kbs mp3 rip & a flac or wav file.

I noticed a difference between the same material LAME 192 vs 320. I dont think of myself and an audiophile and the setup I was listening to was less than stellar. I'm sure a better setup would reveal this even more. However 320 lame was Close enough to wav. for me for a car. I listen while driving, not beating off in parking lots about how great my stage is.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

FLAC FTW.

There is a definite audible difference between 192kbps and 320kbps.

WV (Wav Pack) is not the same as a .WAV, but is also considered a lossless format as well as AC3 and DTS, but not in there BIN/CUE format.

Anything OGG, MP3 V0, MP3 V2, or MP3 CBR320 down to any bitrate less than 320kbps is considered lossy format. You also cant encode from these formats and up convert to a lossless format. It only makes the lossy audible difference worse.