I don’t. Those were some rough times, when you didn’t know whether or not you’d get the actual MP3, or a recording of a Bill Clinton impersonator selling something. These days it’s a lot easier to find direct downloads to the exact track you want, in a guaranteed 320Kbps MP3 or even a lossless format like FLAC.
It’s what I archive all my music in, so I’d say so. You get WAV quality without WAV file sizes.
When a FLAC (or any lossless) file is not available, I settle for 320Kbps MP3 (and not a single bit less). The quality is decent enough to be used in a live setting (I’m a DJ). Anything less than 320kbps, and you’re hurting treble output, which will be noticeable on high-end speakers to anyone under the age of 30.
As a rule of thumb, yes. Then you have purists who only listen to ripped vinyl records in 24 bits, 192kHz WAV format or people who don’t give a fuck about quality and live happily with millions of 128kbps MP3s.
I don’t. Those were some rough times, when you didn’t know whether or not you’d get the actual MP3, or a recording of a Bill Clinton impersonator selling something. These days it’s a lot easier to find direct downloads to the exact track you want, in a guaranteed 320Kbps MP3 or even a lossless format like FLAC.
Does that mean FLAC is the best file format for archiving?
FLAC or WAV are lossless so yes.
MP3 or Ogg Vorbis are lossy so better for listening on the go.
It’s what I archive all my music in, so I’d say so. You get WAV quality without WAV file sizes.
When a FLAC (or any lossless) file is not available, I settle for 320Kbps MP3 (and not a single bit less). The quality is decent enough to be used in a live setting (I’m a DJ). Anything less than 320kbps, and you’re hurting treble output, which will be noticeable on high-end speakers to anyone under the age of 30.
Thank you for the detailed answer
Now that i know i can stop archiving all the available file types (i mainly was too lazy to research…)
As a rule of thumb, yes. Then you have purists who only listen to ripped vinyl records in 24 bits, 192kHz WAV format or people who don’t give a fuck about quality and live happily with millions of 128kbps MP3s.
Yooooo, I had the bill clinton ones too lol