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imported>Uberfukken at 22:23, 13 March 2019

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imported>CrackRabbit: /* To sum it all up */

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To sum it all up

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	==To sum it all up==		==To sum it all up==
	FLAC is pure, unadulterated fucking garbage. The only people who claim to acknowledge the difference between properly encoded 320 bitrate "lossy" mp3s and "~~loseless~~" FLAC audio are pretentious, [[hipster]] trash [[Unwarranted self-importance\|who think they are better than you]] because you "totally don't dig" the new [[Indie\|Vampire Weekend]] album. It's a waste of hard drive space and so is .WAV (5 minute song = 55 megabytes, seriously). If you don't want to be a faggot, stick to mp3s.		FLAC is pure, unadulterated fucking garbage. The only people who claim to acknowledge the difference between properly encoded 320 bitrate "lossy" mp3s and "lossless" FLAC audio are pretentious, [[hipster]] trash [[Unwarranted self-importance\|who think they are better than you]] because you "totally don't dig" the new [[Indie\|Vampire Weekend]] album. It's a waste of hard drive space and so is .WAV (5 minute song = 55 megabytes, seriously). If you don't want to be a faggot, stick to mp3s.
	On the other hand though, mp3 is not ideal too. A lot of music on the 'nets are not ripped at 320 kbps CBR but is usually around 128-160 CBR, which do actually sound like crap on good quality headphones. Also, encoding with mp3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapless_playback is not sample-accurate and does not technically allow gapless playback], hence hindering listening experience of, for example, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" by introducing clicks between tracks. This can be somewhat cured by crossfading, but one will not be able to record a CD with gapless playback out of mp3 sources.		On the other hand though, mp3 is not ideal too. A lot of music on the 'nets are not ripped at 320 kbps CBR but is usually around 128-160 CBR, which do actually sound like crap on good quality headphones. Also, encoding with mp3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapless_playback is not sample-accurate and does not technically allow gapless playback], hence hindering listening experience of, for example, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" by introducing clicks between tracks. This can be somewhat cured by crossfading, but one will not be able to record a CD with gapless playback out of mp3 sources.

imported>LIOD: /* External Links */

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External Links

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[http://flac.sourceforge.net/ FLAC website]		*[http://flac.sourceforge.net/ FLAC website]
	*[http://~~holyfuckingshit40000~~.~~blogspot.com/2009/10~~/~~final-verdict-on-flac-vs-mp3.html~~ The original blog post of the above copypasta]		*[http://archive.fo/8VKEm The original blog post of the above copypasta]

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imported>Archivist: [sic]

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[sic]

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	{{squote\|Aphrodite, it is indeed possible for a human being to tell the difference between the two formats. It's a matter of who's the listener. For instance, should you give 50 average people (randomly picked up on the street) to listen to the the same music file (without telling them the purpose and the difference), how many of them will say that file number 1 is better, how many will say that number 2 is better, and how many will say that there's no difference? The average consumer won't even care which file he listens to, what he wants is to listen to that lousy ****called rap they dare call music at minimal cost of expenses and size. Then there's my kind. I, like few that can be found today, am an audiophile as well as a musician with a perfect hearing. Thus, I require the highest quality. Coincidentally, I own a X5 media player (Cowon, IAudio -- 20GB bought it for 1800NIS, approx. 450$ at the time, 2 years ago -- dully note that its cost was approx. 200$ in the states at the time), and recently (4 months ago) bought Shure's E2C (For 550NIS, roughly 150$ dully note that this is more than twice its cost in the states. Even though I wanted the SE500 -- but couldn't afford it. I'm underage, can't work without being exploited.), the X5 surprisingly supported FLAC after I installed Rockbox (a year and a half ago), and since then only been using it). I listen only to FLAC unless the music I want to listen to just so happens to be unavailable to me in such a lovely format, so am compelled to use MP3, and am saddened by this but can't complain. Unlike the average person I therefore notice those little details so many fail to. And the major difference is: I appreciate those little sounds. And for the past few months I've been dying to get A3! (Imagine a bazillion emphasis marks) I've considered taking drastic measures and becoming a menace to society just to get it. It's like, I can feel in my hands! I just don't have the money!) -- Same goes for the SE500. (I've actually been waiting for Shure's latest product for a long time now.) The A3 here costs 1900NIS (approx. 540$ -- costs 200-400$ in the states). The SE500 costs 2000NIS (approx. 570$ -- actual cost in the states is 500$ from the official website. I guess I can't complain about this.) Usually people upload Mp3s which sucks. I firstly look for FLAC, followed by APE, WMA (etc.), and when I lose all hope I turn to MP3. Luckily though, lately FLAC has been gaining incredible popularity.\|'''FLAC [[fanboy]] being [[TL;DR]] and an elitist asshole [[typical\|as usual]]'''.}}		{{squote\|Aphrodite, it is indeed possible for a human being to tell the difference between the two formats. It's a matter of who's the listener. For instance, should you give 50 average people (randomly picked up on the street) to listen to the the [sic] same music file (without telling them the purpose and the difference), how many of them will say that file number 1 is better, how many will say that number 2 is better, and how many will say that there's no difference? The average consumer won't even care which file he listens to, what he wants is to listen to that lousy ****called rap they dare call music at minimal cost of expenses and size. Then there's my kind. I, like few that can be found today, am an audiophile as well as a musician with a perfect hearing. Thus, I require the highest quality. Coincidentally, I own a X5 media player (Cowon, IAudio -- 20GB bought it for 1800NIS, approx. 450$ at the time, 2 years ago -- dully note that its cost was approx. 200$ in the states at the time), and recently (4 months ago) bought Shure's E2C (For 550NIS, roughly 150$ dully note that this is more than twice its cost in the states. Even though I wanted the SE500 -- but couldn't afford it. I'm underage, can't work without being exploited.), the X5 surprisingly supported FLAC after I installed Rockbox (a year and a half ago), and since then only been using it). I listen only to FLAC unless the music I want to listen to just so happens to be unavailable to me in such a lovely format, so am compelled to use MP3, and am saddened by this but can't complain. Unlike the average person I therefore notice those little details so many fail to. And the major difference is: I appreciate those little sounds. And for the past few months I've been dying to get A3! (Imagine a bazillion emphasis marks) I've considered taking drastic measures and becoming a menace to society just to get it. It's like, I can feel in my hands! I just don't have the money!) -- Same goes for the SE500. (I've actually been waiting for Shure's latest product for a long time now.) The A3 here costs 1900NIS (approx. 540$ -- costs 200-400$ in the states). The SE500 costs 2000NIS (approx. 570$ -- actual cost in the states is 500$ from the official website. I guess I can't complain about this.) Usually people upload Mp3s which sucks. I firstly look for FLAC, followed by APE, WMA (etc.), and when I lose all hope I turn to MP3. Luckily though, lately FLAC has been gaining incredible popularity.\|'''FLAC [[fanboy]] being [[TL;DR]] and an elitist asshole [[typical\|as usual]]'''.}}

	==The Problem with FLAC==		==The Problem with FLAC==

imported>TheOv3rminD: /* The Problem with FLAC */ Added jew link as needed.

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	''"Well, this FLAC shit sure sounds useless, but it doesn't seem to be much of a problem. People who use it may be [[pretentious]] [[faggot]]s, but that's their choice, so it shouldn't matter to me, right? I mean, people still use [[Linux]], and they're mostly harmless."''		''"Well, this FLAC shit sure sounds useless, but it doesn't seem to be much of a problem. People who use it may be [[pretentious]] [[faggot]]s, but that's their choice, so it shouldn't matter to me, right? I mean, people still use [[Linux]], and they're mostly harmless."''

	You would be correct if not for the fact that lossless audio formats are rapidly becoming more popular, and thus accounting for more of ''your'' potential downloads. With [[The Man]] making life for the modern-day [[pirate]] harder every day, online [[torrent\|file-sharing]] can be an inefficient means to get your greedy hands on the things you want.		You would be correct if not for the fact that lossless audio formats are rapidly becoming more popular, and thus accounting for more of ''your'' potential downloads. With [[The Man]] making life for the modern-day [[pirate]] harder every day, online [[torrent\|file-sharing]] can be an inefficient means to get your [[Jew\|greedy]] hands on the things you want.

	Most mainstream or popular music can be found easily in various forms, but many older or more obscure works are often harder to find and have only a few viable sources from which to download. Because of this, many albums are commonly available ''only'' in FLAC (or some other lossless crap). This problem can be even worse if you're looking for something more obscure like a [[video game]] or [[weeaboo\|anime OST]]. Of course, there are ways to fix this, but it would be nice to not have to go through a pain-in-the-ass decoding/encoding process every goddamn time you wanna download some music.		Most mainstream or popular music can be found easily in various forms, but many older or more obscure works are often harder to find and have only a few viable sources from which to download. Because of this, many albums are commonly available ''only'' in FLAC (or some other lossless crap). This problem can be even worse if you're looking for something more obscure like a [[video game]] or [[weeaboo\|anime OST]]. Of course, there are ways to fix this, but it would be nice to not have to go through a pain-in-the-ass decoding/encoding process every goddamn time you wanna download some music.

imported>Schnookums: /* External Links */

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External Links

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imported>CrackRabbit at 20:36, 10 November 2013

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