On 2018-07-27, Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Doug wrote: >> > > wav may be a lossy format, but >> > > you can get a heck of a lot of CDs on an 8GiB flash drive! > > Curt wrote: >> > wav is lossless, I believe, not lossy, > > Jeremy Nicoll wrote: >> Wav is a container format, which can contain compressed or uncompressed >> audio. > > Yes. But in the case of CD-DA it is always uncompressed. That's why i > called it "quite a wasteful way of storing sound".
Yeah, I was going to say something to the effect that within the context of the thread the OP certainly ripped lossless wavs. But then I told myself, "Just be wrong, Curt, completely, utterly, unqualifiedly, and enjoy it for once!" > Whether thie counts as "lossless" in the sense of High Fidelity is a matter > of definition. A sampling rate of 44100 Hz for 16 bit gives just a rough > assessment of the physical phenomenon of sound. But human ears are even > rougher than that. So only the most die-hard audiophiles will complain. I guess you need the die-hard hardware before getting die-hard about it on the level of your auditory nerves. > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- Boris sober and Boris drunk are such different people, they’ve never even met. -- Sergei Dovlatov, Pushkin Hills
