Bitrate

[ricanflow]

Yes FLAC does retain all of the fidelity, since its a losless codec.

WAV and AIFF are mainly used by recording studios...since the file sizes are huge and no ideal for distribution.

 

[Oreo]

Surely, technically FLAC has to sound worse, audio aside, the file size is way smaller - so physically has to be less data?

Someone explain why it doesn't sound worse, please

Hows Ogg in terms of quality ? i've never actually tried it..

 

[mssssee2]

320kbps mostly, and 192 when the first is not "available" I usually compress my music to 192kbps for my MP4 player and to 96kbps for my mobile phone...