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RE: FLAC Degrades sound quality permanently

>Once a WAV file is converted to FLAC and back to WAV, the secondary WAV
>file doesn't sound as good as the original. This has some serious implications
>about Hi-Res files purchased in the FLAC format.

It has more implications for the article. I have done this and both files are
bit-identical. As they are bit-identical, the bits presented to the DAC are also
the same. So if the authors heard differences, the only reason could be due to
differences is disc activity due to the 2 files being fragmented differently.
Which is a factor that could go either way.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile


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