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What is FLAC? The High-Def MP3 Explained

Posted October 19, 2012 8:01 AM













CNET explains what a FLAC is, where to buy them, and how to play them on your iPhone, computer, or MP3 player.
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10/19/2012 10:56 AM

I'll have to give that application they have listed a shot. I'd love to hear some of my music in it's native FLAC format instead of having to compress the file to something "iOS appropriate".

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10/19/2012 6:54 PM

Yes, I gave up on that a long time ago.

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10/19/2012 9:32 PM

I love the Cambridge Audio Sonata. Listening to true 24 bit audio is special.

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10/19/2012 9:35 PM

Does that use the same DACs as their renown DacMagic?
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10/19/2012 9:38 PM

Yup!

Except instead of interpolating the extra eight bits, FLAC provides the actual data for the DAC.

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10/20/2012 6:33 AM

They should have given this site a mention, for free, legal, FLAC downloads:

http://archive.org/browse.php?collection=etree&field=%2Fmetadata%2Fcreator

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Cool link, thanks kramarat :D

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10/20/2012 2:40 PM

It can get addictive. Most of them are soundboard recordings, and there are lots of great bands out there.

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