Hi everyone,
the question I have been asking myself is not technically related to music production or drum & bass, but since we have lots of sound engineers and probably a few real audiophiles here, I'm gonna ask anyway:
Are WAV, FLAC and AIFF files all of the same sound quality? I have recently decided to download lossless music whenever possible, but iTunes (I know, the program sucks anyway) doesn't play FLAC files, and WAV files can't save metadata like artist info and cover image, so I thought about converting all the songs to AIFF, which is supposed to be lossless too? Personally I don't hear a difference, but why are WAV and FLAC so much more popular in download stores then?
Greetings
teenious
the question I have been asking myself is not technically related to music production or drum & bass, but since we have lots of sound engineers and probably a few real audiophiles here, I'm gonna ask anyway:
Are WAV, FLAC and AIFF files all of the same sound quality? I have recently decided to download lossless music whenever possible, but iTunes (I know, the program sucks anyway) doesn't play FLAC files, and WAV files can't save metadata like artist info and cover image, so I thought about converting all the songs to AIFF, which is supposed to be lossless too? Personally I don't hear a difference, but why are WAV and FLAC so much more popular in download stores then?
Greetings
teenious