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* Originally in FN_SYSOP
* Crossposted in AUDIO
* Crossposted in MUSIC

Hi Bj”rn,

On 2022-01-01 03:11:44, you wrote to All:

[Disclaimer: I don't consider myself an audiophile ;)]

 BF> Now, I'm dedicated to once again recreate real Hi-Fi, meaning playing
 BF> true loss-less (unlike the compressed MP3-files) music. So I started
 BF> with my nine CD collection of ABBA music, and re-ripped them all to
 BF> lossless FLAC files. But before I go all-in on a costly path, I want
 BF> to make sure I'm on the right path.

Well, since they are digital copies there is not much more you can do here.
Just make sure the cd's are clean before you start ripping, so the chance of
uncorrectable reading bit errors is minimal...

 BF> So, I've tried various ways to reproduce the music, and I'm still not
 BF> totally convinced. There's a long chain of possible POF on the way so
 BF> far. The first one is the digital distribution of the music files. And
 BF> here's where I wonder if there's still some true audiophiles out
 BF> there. With the ultimate sound system, and the ear to notice the
 BF> difference between "normal" music and proper Hi-Fi ditto.

 BF> On http://eljaco.se/ABBA/ I have all the 133 ABBA songs in my
 BF> possession in a loss-less format.

It would be nice if they were grouped on an album basis! ;)

 BF> Can you please check and see if you think it's worth spending
 BF> thousands of dollars pursuing this quest.

What could improve playback experience a bit is if you apply "replaygain" to
your files. This doesn't change the bytes that represents the music, but adds
some calculated values for the music that can improve your playback experience:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReplayGain

With commandline flac you just add --replaygain when encoding the files. Or
you can have it added afterwards if your software doesn't support it directly.

Bye, Wilfred.

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