First of all, I’m not a voodoo person, perfectly understand that technically both must have the same quality.
Both are lose-less but FLAC is only compressed. So when I decide to rip my CDs, I first choose FLAC.
Currently, I only have B&W Formation Duo speakers at home - so I use Airplay. (iPhone 11max with app called FLACBOX.)
Just out of curiosity, I rip with other formats like Aiff too, to test it.
The result is a bit puzzling. I can almost instantly tell the difference. I feel like FLAC is not loseless but normal compressed files compared to AIFF.
I’m not talking about “oh I hear the difference after changing the cable” (Btw I assume that this might be imagination or the slight change of electric characteristic done by cable slight colors the sound.)
I’m talking about loss of spacial size / details (that usually not detectable with headphone but showing up with focused listening with loud speaker) that typically show the file has some loss. Some types of music not much, but some music it is more obvious than others.
My best guess is, even though FLAC is lose-less it’s compressed. So when I play a song in the iPhone, iPhone needs to de-compressed it.
Maybe iPhone is not fast enough, so this process creates some limitation? Versus aiff, iPhone can read the file just as it is.
Are there any other possible technical reasons behind this? Hmm. Or am I hallucinating? Anybody tries the same thing?
For my personal record, I recognize this difference when I play stan getz the girl from ipanema.
Both are lose-less but FLAC is only compressed. So when I decide to rip my CDs, I first choose FLAC.
Currently, I only have B&W Formation Duo speakers at home - so I use Airplay. (iPhone 11max with app called FLACBOX.)
Just out of curiosity, I rip with other formats like Aiff too, to test it.
The result is a bit puzzling. I can almost instantly tell the difference. I feel like FLAC is not loseless but normal compressed files compared to AIFF.
I’m not talking about “oh I hear the difference after changing the cable” (Btw I assume that this might be imagination or the slight change of electric characteristic done by cable slight colors the sound.)
I’m talking about loss of spacial size / details (that usually not detectable with headphone but showing up with focused listening with loud speaker) that typically show the file has some loss. Some types of music not much, but some music it is more obvious than others.
My best guess is, even though FLAC is lose-less it’s compressed. So when I play a song in the iPhone, iPhone needs to de-compressed it.
Maybe iPhone is not fast enough, so this process creates some limitation? Versus aiff, iPhone can read the file just as it is.
Are there any other possible technical reasons behind this? Hmm. Or am I hallucinating? Anybody tries the same thing?
For my personal record, I recognize this difference when I play stan getz the girl from ipanema.