[kj] OT: High-end audio

[Brendan]

I thought FLAC and .wav would be about the same, can you get better than
lossless & uncompressed? Beyond that surely it's about the recording
process itself innit? Unless one format is higher fidelity than the
other...

I looked into FLAC but at the end of the day...everyone uses mp3, came
down to that. Pragmatism vs idealism :)

In terms of hardware...I use a set of decent PC speakers and sub, pretty
good, but not as good as my old Pioneer Stereo (since deceased). I reckon
there's gotta be a killer set of high end headphones out there that save
you having to fork out a fortune on a hi fi....although I find I can't
listen to music on headphones for too long. Feels somehow claustrophobic.


> Cheapest way would be to get the audio in FLAC form from the source

> recording, from all I've heard from audiophiles. From all I've heard,

> FLAC is better than mp3, wav, etc.

>

> Other than that, what can substitute for a really nice subwoofer?

>

> -Oliver

>

> Brendan wrote:

>> Super-Thread-Highjackerman...

>>

>> Does anyone out there have the equipment and auditory faculties to

>> appreciate the difference between 320kbps mp3 and .wav, or other

>> lossless

>> format uncompressed digi audio?

>>

>> I have neither, so it's a moot point for me. But I'd like to know if

>> there

>> is much in it.

>>

>> Question: What's the cheapest way to get the highest end audio, bang for

>> buck, grab a high-end set of Sennheisers or similar? I go into Hi Fi

>> shops

>> from time to time and sit in their rooms drooling (then again I drool

>> semi-continuously anyway...)

>>

>>

>>

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