Using Spek audio spectrum analysis you can see the difference between mp3 and a original Flac file retrieved directly from an original audio cd like i upload to this blog .
Example : 2 audio files , same song , 1 mp3 and other is flac .
MP3 Audio Spectrum
FLAC Audio Spectrum from same song
Above the red line is what is missing in your mp3 file .
More higher frequencies are cutted from the audio in mp3 to keep the file small , same thing does not happen with FLAC lossless Audio quality .
PART 2
Some other examples why mp3 is a thing from the past and should be avoid if you want to keep an audio track with proper quality .
Example : mp3 file compressed to 256Kbit VBR (Variable Bitrate)
Example 2 : mp3 file compressed to 192Kbit
Resuming : When mp3 appeared it was the great new thing , because at that time an Hard Disk with 60Gb was already an huge price to pay , but with time passing by , the need to compress a file to an mp3 was not needed anymore , first 1TB HDD today it is more cheaper than an 60Gb HDD in 1999 .
Many public services these days continue to use mp3 as their main audio file compressor , like radio stations , TV stations to use in their video streams , many deejays or almost everyone of them .
An advice , if you want to keep an audio track with quality without having in the future a regret for its low quality , then use WAV uncompressed or FLAC . Avoid buying tracks from itunes , google , amazon & etc ... , these services only sell audio files in mp3 , and if you are buyng then you must get the highest quality for that product .
Online music stores that sell all their audio tracks in multiple formats (mp3/Flac/WAV)
http://classic.beatport.com
http://junodownload.com
No mp3 is the bad quality in music kill good music only lossless bring joy in listen good music...Nothing compare with lossless mp3.aac itunes are compress music quality so lose a lot of good sound
ReplyDelete¿WAV y FLAC son lo mismo?
ReplyDeleteWAV file does not alow tag and it is uncompressed , while Flac allows tagging (artist name , etc...) and it is compressed .
ReplyDeleteIn terms of audio quality between them , both are almost identical , however , WAV file is more bigger because it not compressed .
The difference between them on a player is that if it is a flac file then the player have to decompress the file to play it , while WAV file it does not need to decompress . On slower CPUS the flac file can lag while playing while that does not happen in WAV file .
mejor calidad flac y wav me quedos con ellos
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