In Reply to: FLAC Degrades sound quality permanently posted by Mercman on January 5, 2012 at 16:11:41:
The initial articles could be argued with but at least they put good stakes on the ground climbing in the right direction. Now, this 3rd article is a major setback that -- as far as I am concerned -- kills their credibility.
With a title like "Is FLAC a Fraud?", I should have seen it coming.
These guys really bit more than they can chew, grandly. And not once did they feature -- or even mention -- a bit-level comparison...OF ANYTHING!
Quote from the end:
"To answer our own question, we do not believe FLAC compression is
fraudulent in the sense that it is not truly a lossless format, but
we do believe that for reasons yet to be fully explained, use of
FLAC compression can be associated with very significant sonic
compromises."
Moronic & INSULTING! Gents, you either FULLY explain your point and reasons, or stay away from the subject. There are reasons why FLAC can be prevented from delivering its full benefit but it simply is not an issue of it losing the information contained in the file.
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Follow Ups
- The first two articles were "in the right direction", this 3rd is a shame for TAS - JBen 16:37:10 01/06/12 (1)
- I guess you missed... - Rob Bertrando 19:57:26 01/06/12 (0)