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Also, when you download FLAC files with it, they'll sound warmer.

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https://www.audioasylum.com/messages/pcaudio/119979/re-a-rev...

> also most players use malloc to get memory while new is the c++ method and sounds better.

This is a new rabbit hole of "audiophile".

Sidenote: "audio asylum", at least the name is appropriate, and it's https, I guess that's good too.

There is actually a corner on the web where people debate about FLACs and WAVs sounding different

This is probably true in non-blind listening comparison though. Similar to food tasting different when served in different coloured receptacles[0]

[0] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-459X.2012....

If you had to summarize the audiophile community in a few words, it would be "does not understand the point of blind testing."

All audophiles eventually will reach the stage where my hearing aid is better than yours :)

For example: http://forums.naimaudio.com/topic/flac-vs-wav-audio-quality

That's fun considering they are bit-to-bit identical :D

Yes, you got the pun, bravo, 2 geek-points for you.

However, you lose 20 geek-points because FLAC and wav are not bit-to-bit identical. They are both lossless encodings and correct implementations will preserve the input material bit-to-bit.

Perhaps he's referring the the bits sent out from the codec rather than the bits received by the codec?

FLAC is bit to bit identical to WAV after decoding.

In layman terms, it's like zipping and unzipping a .wav

Yes, I understand how the FLAC codec works. My comment was pointing out that FLAC can either represent the codec or the binary and that in neither case one can say that FLAC is bit-to-bit identical, since in the former case you're referring to the specification and in the latter case you are referring to the binary executable.

One can say that FLAC is a lossless compression codec and as such it is homomorphic to the original raw binary encoding and the WAV encoding.

It might be pedantic, but saying "flac is bit-to-bit identical to wav" is just wrong. To me it sounds like saying: "The speed limit is 80 kilometers".

Disagree, they sounds the best with wget.

You've never experienced FLACs downloaded via scp. The encryption makes all the difference.

Is this reddit?

What is the difference?

Worth preserving.

You know all those memory sloshing around does create a different sound stage, rippling contextual frequencies affecting DACs and such?

Especially when played over my diamond coated high fidelity wires. I'll probably pair that with my fully 24K gold HDMI cables when watching a movie.

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