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Lossless format – what is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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High quality music in Lossless format.<\/p>\n

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If you take a normal audio CD with analog sound, burn it in WAV format for uncompressed sound, then compress WAV using lossless codec, then unzip the resulting audio file into WAV and burn the result to a blank CD, you can get two completely identical audio CDs.<\/p>\n

The advantage of lossless for storing an audio collection is that the quality of the recordings is much higher than that of lossy codecs and they take up less space than uncompressed audio. It is true that lossy files are smaller than lossless music files. Most modern playback programs understand the lossless format. Those programs that cannot play it can easily learn it using the lossless plugin. What are lossless audio formats?<\/p>\n

Lossless audio formats<\/p>\n

A true music lover is unlikely to be satisfied with the sound of music recorded in Ogg Vorbis or MP3 compression formats. Of course, if you listen to audio recordings on home audio equipment, sound defects cannot be heard with your ear, but if you try to play a compressed file on high-quality Hi-Fi equipment, you will immediately find sound defects. . Of course, creating a collection of quality music on CD or vinyl is not easy. There is a reasonable alternative to this path for lovers of high-quality sound – lossless music. It can be stored on your PC in a format that allows you to keep the original music settings unchanged, even if compression is applied. In this way it simultaneously solves the problems of high-quality music and its compact storage, since the audio equipment for listening (headphones, speakers, amplifiers) is quite affordable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lossless format – what is it? High quality music in Lossless format. 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