Originally Posted by
Bespin1138
Thank you guys for your replies. Some of this stuff is new to me. I just want to confirm that I understand your information correctly. When I rip my audio CDs to FLAC, the ripped audio will be identical to the audio from the audio CD no matter what. The only thing that I can change with the settings for FLAC is the compression level setting for the ripping process which only impacts the size of the audio file when stored on my computer. The audio properties for all standard audio CDs that would be identical are Channel Mode (Stereo), Bits Per Sample (16), and Sample Rate (44,100 Hz). The audio CD properties that will differ from track-to-track and/or album-to-album would be Bit Rate, File Size, Frequency, ReplayGain(Track), and, if I choose to use, ReplayGain (Album), due to factors such as track length, the type of musical instruments recorded in the studio, and the recording instruments used in the studio during production.
Is that correct?
Thanks again.