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Freddy1201

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File conversion
« on: March 07, 2015, 10:51:28 PM »
Random question: do we loss some informations or bits when we convert files? ex: flac to aiff/alac with audirvana
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Re: File conversion
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2015, 11:05:58 PM »
If you are converting from one lossless format to another, it should be fine.

Converting from lossy to lossy is a bad idea.
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Re: File conversion
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2015, 04:04:23 PM »
I like to re-encode my 128Kbps mp3 files to flac for maximum quality
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Re: File conversion
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2015, 04:08:00 PM »
Quote from: Freddy1201 on March 07, 2015, 10:51:28 PM
Random question: do we loss some informations or bits when we convert files? ex: flac to aiff/alac with audirvana

Find out for yourself. Convert a file, line them up in a DAW, phase invert
one and export the result. You'll have complete silence.
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Re: File conversion
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2015, 06:24:50 PM »
Quote from: uncola on March 08, 2015, 04:04:23 PM
I like to re-encode my 128Kbps mp3 files to flac for maximum quality

24/192, of course?
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