FLAC compression ratio

[bhoar]

Re: FLAC compression ratio

Rock has more of a randomized noise signature than classical...and randomized noise is the least (losslessly) compressible data out there.

-brendan

[komakinojd]

Re: FLAC compression ratio

Yes, all were the normal, default WAVs.

[LtData]

Re: FLAC compression ratio

You were compressing normal 16-bit, 44.1KHz WAV files, correct?

[komakinojd]

I recently converted into FLACs (compression level 5) hundreds of albums ripped to WAVs using Reference r12.2. I noticed that for the majority of my classical-music albums, regardless of when the recordings were made or the CDs pressed, the FLACs were about 35-40% the size of the original WAVs, while the majority of my rock-music-album FLACs were about 55-60% of the original WAVs.

What might be the cause of this discrepancy? I would think that classical music is "richer" and that its FLACs would be less compressed than rock-music FLACs.