# Anyone have a large collection of flac files? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918 "2009-03-03T16:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/1 "2009-03-03T16:42:46Z")
Yeah so I don’t really want to get into it so I don’t smash everything I own but does anyone have a decent sized music collection in flac that I could copy to an external hard drive or anything? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/2 "2009-03-03T16:44:03Z")
? ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/3 "2009-03-03T16:49:48Z")
I convert FLAC to 320 CBR mp3. I might have a few FLAC albums…anything in particular you are looking for? \ Demonoid Has over 20,000+ lossless albums [http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=2&subcategory=0&quality=62&seeded=0&external=2&query=&uid=0&sort=](http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=2&subcategory=0&quality=62&seeded=0&external=2&query=&uid=0&sort=) ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/4 "2009-03-03T19:56:53Z")
Yeah I already started downloading from there… I was trying not to kill my internet connection for the next 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/5 "2009-03-03T20:06:30Z")
I have yet to hear a difference between FLAC and 320 mp3’s ---
**Author:** ![Drexial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Drexial](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Drexial)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/6 "2009-03-03T21:17:59Z")
any particular reason you are collecting anything in flac. doesn’t really sound like you are requesting anything specific. Just that its in flac. I too convert to 320. don’t really hear a difference. I feel most of the quality loss is in the production phase. Some albums no matter what quality always have that certain sound to them, you can hear it especially in voices and cymbals. Drives me nuts. cause there are some albums that would sound spectacular if production work was done right. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/7 "2009-03-03T22:32:16Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I have yet to hear a difference between FLAC and 320 mp3’s There is a difference but unless you have million dollar sound equipment and the greatest ears in the world you won’t notice it. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/8 "2009-03-04T06:19:06Z")
Ok dumb question. What is the difference between FLAC and WAV then? Arent CDs recorded as uncompressed WAV files or is FLAC the new format of audio tracks on CDs? ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/9 "2009-03-04T06:34:10Z")
lossless\>lossy format ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/10 "2009-03-04T07:08:25Z")
Wav to Flac is like Raw to PNG, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/11 "2009-03-04T07:37:25Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > Ok dumb question. What is the difference between FLAC and WAV then? > > Arent CDs recorded as uncompressed WAV files or is FLAC the new format of audio tracks on CDs? FLAC is the compressed version of WAV. It’s a slightly smaller file size with minimal quality loss. Both are lossless formats obviously. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/12 "2009-03-04T08:05:38Z")
WAV is garbage. You cant tag it properly, and the files are quite huge. FLAC is a mathematically lossless version of WAV that supports the standard ID3 tags like MP3’s, and the files are normally only 20-30 mb each. I see no reason to download any music other than FLAC, or ALAC if you use iPods a lot. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/13 "2009-03-04T10:25:36Z")
wav is raw not lossless edit: nevermind i guess it can be lossless ---
**Author:** ![suicide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@suicide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suicide)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/14 "2009-03-04T16:40:44Z")
don’t delete all your music next time ---
**Author:** ![cl\_taurus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cl_taurus/32/5368_2.png) [@cl\_taurus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cl_taurus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/15 "2009-03-04T16:43:15Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > ? Thank you for the lovely question mark. This punctuation mark has had a profound effect on my world view. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-large-collection-of-flac-files/63918/16 "2009-03-04T16:49:44Z")
I have some industrial, electro, whatever stuff in flac. (Crystal Method / Chem Bros / MSTRKRFT type stuff buried away in my HD somewhere)