# Lossless or Lossy Compression music **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 28, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119 "2007-07-28T18:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/21 "2007-07-29T15:33:46Z")
flac/ALC, have been doing it for years, and if you find really good FLAC they are at about 1200kbps… at the same time this is a complete waste if you do not have the monitors to support the difference in resolution of the two. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/22 "2007-07-29T18:40:59Z")
[quote=“02AccordCoupe,post:20,topic:33119"”] I use apple lossless for everything, cant find a way to make a ipod play flac… And itunes wont play it also, so its useless for me… I just rip them to apple lossless and im off… And although i have a strong hate for ‘mp3s’ much of my music is thus… ☹ Its soo freeking hard to find the shit i listen to in lossless without buying the cd and ripping it yourself, but you cant buy most of the cd’s anywhere besides the internet anyways… And thats pricey… [/quote] foobar2000 plays FLAC and most lossless formats, you can also put rockbox on your ipod instead of the normal ipod software and it will play flac ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/23 "2007-07-29T20:25:18Z")
[quote=“DarkkstaR,post:19,topic:33119"”] most people can’t hear the difference between 192 and 320 and .wav believe it or not…studies done are quite hilarious. [/quote] I think you mean .wmv .wav is uncompressed ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/24 "2007-07-29T21:06:58Z")
[quote=“ILCisDEAD,post:22,topic:33119"”] foobar2000 plays FLAC and most lossless formats, you can also put rockbox on your ipod instead of the normal ipod software and it will play flac [/quote] Yea, i have foobar2000, but i dont normally use it. And i had rockbox on my ipod, but it started flipping out for some reason, so i just put it bac to stock, and converted everything to apple lossless… ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/25 "2007-07-29T21:29:00Z")
[quote=“02AccordCoupe,post:24,topic:33119"”] Yea, i have foobar2000, but i dont normally use it. And i had rockbox on my ipod, but it started flipping out for some reason, so i just put it bac to stock, and converted everything to apple lossless… [/quote] jesus, foobar is my favorite program of all time… I FUCKING LOVE IT… rockbox was kind of like eh… I don’t even actually know where my ipod is now 😕 so i can’t really make the decision what i liked instead ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/26 "2007-07-29T21:50:55Z")
[quote=“itsJim,post:23,topic:33119"”] I think you mean .wmv .wav is uncompressed [/quote] no, I meant .wav. re-read what I said. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/27 "2007-07-29T22:09:15Z")
[quote=“ILCisDEAD,post:25,topic:33119"”] jesus, foobar is my favorite program of all time… I FUCKING LOVE IT… [/quote] Yes… i know this… ugh, dont you and asif touch each other while thinking about foobar or something? At least thats what i hear… \<_\< \>_\> lol… Anyways, im normally on my mac, so… iTunes it is! I know how much you hate it, but it works for me… ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/28 "2007-07-30T07:10:25Z")
Maybe you should because it doesn’t make any sense ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/29 "2007-07-30T18:32:25Z")
itsJim, it makes sense to ME. People can’t hear the difference between 192 and 320, let alone .wav. Some people just can’t hear what they’re listening for. I think if you played someone a 64 kbps MP3, they’d begin to recognize the flaws in those 192 kbps files. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/30 "2007-07-30T22:04:48Z")
I’m retarded… I missed the “and wav” ---
**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:** [July 30, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119/31 "2007-07-30T22:52:43Z")
To be honest, I dont see a difference. I have played from my desktop (digital to digital) to my bose speakers at home and anything above 192kbps is hard to tell a difference. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lossless-or-lossy-compression-music/33119.md?page=1)