<div>Mike,</div><div><br></div><div>I went looking for that article and stumbled upon this gem. <a href="http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=103168">http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=103168</a> </div><div><br>
</div><div>Enjoy.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Mike. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:the.lists@mgm51.com">the.lists@mgm51.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 3/9/2012 at 3:56 PM Vladimiro Macedo wrote:<br>
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|What dbPowerAmp does is encapsulate the wav file into a FLAC container<br>
<br>
|without actually compressing it. I guess it can be a bit arguable if<br>
you<br>
|can technically call it a FLAC file :)<br>
|It's like using "Store" mode in RAR, for instance. The idea behing<br>
this<br>
|"uncompressed FLAC" is to give the FLAC tagging abilities to people<br>
who<br>
|don't want to compress their files. But as WAV is lacking in the tags<br>
|department (some workarounds, but most players are not compatible with<br>
<br>
|those), dbPowerAmp uses the FLAC structure and inputs the uncompressed<br>
<br>
|data inside.<br>
|As far as I understood from the webpage, that's it. I don't think that<br>
<br>
|option is available with the command-line flac. I think dbPowerAmp<br>
(and<br>
|this is me purely speculating, mind you) manually builds the file by<br>
|adding a FLAC header where the tags can be stored and then inserts the<br>
<br>
|uncompressed wav in the data field of the file or something<br>
equivalent.<br>
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The Absolute Sound magazine is running a four-part series debating and<br>
"measuring" whether there is an audible difference between WAV and FLAC<br>
playback.<br>
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imo, it looks like the purpose of the series is to denigrate FLAC.<br>
Nothing more, nothing less.<br>
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<a href="http://www.enjoythemusic.com/tas/" target="_blank">http://www.enjoythemusic.com/tas/</a><br>
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34 Computer Audio Quality Part 3<br>
DR. CHARLES ZEILIG AND JAY CLAWSON CONTINUE THEIR GROUNDBREAKING<br>
ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE AND QUANTIFY EVERY SONIC VARIABLE IN COMPUTER<br>
AUDIO. PART THREE OF THIS FOUR-PART SERIES EXPLORES WHETHER FLAC IS<br>
REALLY SONICALLY TRANSPARENT.<br>
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