CD Ripper best sound quality, lossless Level 5 vs uncompressed

[garym]

Re: CD Ripper best sound quality, lossless Level 5 vs uncompressed

if you're getting different sound quality from any different compression levels of a FLAC file (uncompressed or 0-8) then something is broken in your system. All FLAC files are decoded to the exact same PCM data before playback.

[jultsu]

Re: CD Ripper best sound quality, lossless Level 5 vs uncompressed

The audio content stays exactly the same no matter which level of compression you use. Some argue that the increased load placed on the hardware with compressed files (due to running data extraction in real time) could have an audible effect on the analogue side of the player. The less intensive the task is, the less current flows through the circuitboard/cables and induces less magnetic fields which could disrupt the analogue operation. Best if you just try it for yourself.

Compressed albums usually run at 200-400MB, uncompressed will be roughly double that.

[thexfile]

Re: CD Ripper best sound quality, lossless Level 5 vs uncompressed

Compressed lossless output file is as good as it can get. If you want a level of 1 or 8 it doesn't effect the sound at all.

In my FiiO player I use (5) just because I don't want to think about it.

[tunes]

When I first used CD Ripper I was told that the best encoding compression option was lossless level 5 (default) but after reading a bit, there are those who say that for best possible sound quality selecting uncompressed gives better sound than any compressed level.

1. Is this true or not?

2. With the limit of human hearing could anyone tell the difference between compressed and uncompressed flac files?

3. Can I convert from lossless level 5 to uncompressed flac for all of my music library. I currently have ~ 111 GB on an SD card in my player. If I converted over to uncompressed flac what would be the size of my new library? I have two 200 mb SD cards.

Thanks