[flac-dev] Encode wav to uncompressed flac

[Xavier Morel]

On 2013-12-02, at 10:52 , Brian Willoughby <brianw at sounds.wa.com> wrote:

> There is no quality difference between FLAC variations - compressed  
> or uncompressed (unless you force a 24-bit audio file into a 16-bit  
> FLAC, but that may not even be possible).

And even then, you wouldn’t be able to hear the difference anyway.
As Monty noted time and again[0] 16 bit more than suffice for all
of the human hearing range, and at playback (*not mastering*)

> at least 24 bit depth doesn't harm fidelity. It just doesn’t
> help, and also wastes space.

[0] most rencently in http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html#toc_1bv2b