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<blockquote data-quote="djnsmith7" data-source="post: 8555633" data-attributes="member: 665922">Once you go FLAC, and you have your hardware configured to take full advantage of the improved sound quality, you won&#039;t want to listen to any other file type.&nbsp; Everything else will sound watered down &amp;amp; like it&#039;s being dragged in the mud.&nbsp; I stopped listening to my 10k MP3 collection days after my FLAC library was proper.&nbsp; My library starts at 1400 kbps &amp;amp; goes up from there (as opposed to MP3&#039;s which peak @ 320 kbps).If you&#039;re considering going the streaming route (to avoid buying &amp;amp; storing a CD collection), give Tidal a listen (they have a free 1 week trial).&nbsp; They have a Hi-Fi (FLAC) collection &amp;amp; it&#039;s not bad.&nbsp; A lot (but certainly not all) of their stuff is on par with my FLAC collection (which means some of the should-be reference tracks actually sound very close to that level).&nbsp; I listen to both collections regularly &amp;amp; I&#039;m not, by any stretch, an easy customer to please when it comes to music.&nbsp; Three weeks in &amp;amp; I&#039;m still an active customer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="djnsmith7, post: 8555633, member: 665922"] Once you go FLAC, and you have your hardware configured to take full advantage of the improved sound quality, you won't want to listen to any other file type. Everything else will sound watered down & like it's being dragged in the mud. I stopped listening to my 10k MP3 collection days after my FLAC library was proper. My library starts at 1400 kbps & goes up from there (as opposed to MP3's which peak @ 320 kbps). If you're considering going the streaming route (to avoid buying & storing a CD collection), give Tidal a listen (they have a free 1 week trial). They have a Hi-Fi (FLAC) collection & it's not bad. A lot (but certainly not all) of their stuff is on par with my FLAC collection (which means some of the should-be reference tracks actually sound very close to that level). I listen to both collections regularly & I'm not, by any stretch, an easy customer to please when it comes to music. Three weeks in & I'm still an active customer. [/QUOTE]

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