FLAC seems huge (again) compared to Mp3 but I will try the Flac - according
to:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/654057/alac-vs-flac
there is good compression alright...


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com>wrote:

> Honestly ALAC isn't half bad. I believe the compression ratio is
> around 40-50%. Given how plentiful storage is these days, it was a
> small price to pay for everlasting quality.
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Conor Williams <conor.williams@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > jees, i traded a bit of quality for space
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I gave up some time back and ripped the family's cd collection (around
> >> 500 discs) to ALAC. After that I converted most to AAC for listening
> >> on audio players and left the original rips sitting in storage.
> >> Needless to say, Goodwill was a little surprised to find 500 discs
> >> donated at once!
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
> >> >> just downloading a torrent with the mp3's seems simpler
> >> >> than swapping cd's. :)
> >> >
> >> > Just beware, in my experience of this (for research purposes,
> >> > yes really!) many, if not most CD images in WAV or PCM format
> >> > are in fact decodes of MP3s, and many of these where low bitrate
> >> > MP3s which are nasty.
> >> >
> >> > personally I have moved away from compressed audio, not because
> >> > I distrust compression, but I like browsing through a pile of CDs
> >> > looking for somthing that matches my mood - for me the user interface
> >> > is better; perhaps its my age.
> >> >
> >> > -Steve
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
>