Highest quality music format. – Part 4
AAC
An advanced form of audio encoding. The younger but advanced brother of MP3. It has slightly improved sound characteristics and a higher compression ratio.
Applies to Android, iOS, iTunes, YouTube, Nintendo, and the latest PlayStation.
It is also a folk format, but for a little more advanced people. Which is reflected in the title.
OGG
In general, this is not a format, but a container, and in fact the name OGG says nothing about the sound it contains.
However, most of the time it contains the Vorbis codec.
Significantly improved sound quality relative to other lossy compression formats.
Smaller files can be recorded with the same sound quality.
An even cheaper format than MP3.
The problem is that the OGG format is free, so nobody invests money in its promotion. Therefore, it may not be supported everywhere and incompatibilities may arise.
Then you have to convert to MP3.
WMA
Microsoft’s proprietary format, therefore, although it is an improved version of MP3 and OGG, has not received widespread use and is not compatible with most devices and platforms.
Advice. If it is possible to use WMA instead of MP3, use the former. Cheaper and more pleasant to the ear.
For owners of advanced and expensive devices, branded desktops and mobiles, with high-quality headphones and speakers.
The downside to these formats is that file sizes of the same recording length will be roughly two to three times larger.
However, although lossless compression is stated, it should not be confused with high-fidelity audio recordings. There are minimal losses, although notable only for musicians.
FLAC
Free lossless audio codec. Its advantage is its great popularity, almost like MP3.
The compression ratio is up to 60% of the original file.
Compatible with most software platforms and devices.
It can be a profitable alternative when it comes to burning CDs. Almost indistinguishable in sound, but the advantage of saving almost half the disk space.
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Format for owners of Apple-branded devices, as others may not be supported.
Slightly less good than FLAC in terms of compression ratio.
But Apple owners simply have no choice: the free FLAC format does not work in principle on iOS and iTunes.
Lossless WMA
An improved version of the aforementioned WMA. Slightly lower than FLAC and ALAC. It has a significant advantage over ALAC, as WMA is compatible with Windows and Mac.
However, it is not very widespread, so if you have many different devices in use, there is likely an incompatibility.
