Showing posts with label quality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quality. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 September 2012

The Great WAV vs. FLAC Debate (Part 1)


There has been on-going debate over recent years that even though FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files use a lossless compression, on playback they still don’t sound as good as an unpackaged & uncompressed WAV (wave) file. The WAV file encased in the FLAC container, although compressed, is still bit perfect – and when unpacked by the music server/source it should be in every way identical to an original WAV file that has not been encased in a FLAC container. However many audiophiles have argued there is a difference that can be heard.