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torcatofan
post Feb 19 2006, 10:06 pm
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I have heard people say pure source bootlegs are better quality than regular bootlegs? I don't think this is true. Could someone please explain the actual differences? Thanks.
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post Feb 20 2006, 2:01 am
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Pure source refers to a recording that hasn't been encoded into lossy formats, such as mp3, ogg, etc. Files in FLAC and SHN formats compress aiff/wav files losslessly, so they are the most popular among the trading community (after decompressing these files, everything in the original aiff/wav file is still there). When files are encoded into mp3, the compression step throws away parts of the file that can never be recovered again (unlike the FLAC or SHN compression process), so there is a loss in quality and this is why mp3's are referred to as a "lossy" format. Therefore, pure source recordings will always be of better quality.
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torcatoism   Pure Source   Feb 19 2006, 10:06 pm
torcatoism   Ahh makes sense now. Weird though because one time...   Feb 20 2006, 12:30 pm
sherocker   and so u learn something new every day! :D   Feb 20 2006, 12:31 pm
Alex   128kb mp3's sound disgusting- I find it hard t...   Feb 20 2006, 1:38 pm
NectarDan   128kb mp3's sound disgusting- I find it hard t...   Feb 21 2006, 1:56 am
torcatoism   128kb mp3's sound disgusting- I find it hard ...   Feb 21 2006, 10:17 am
mrmcpheezy   Ok, so I've got a shitload of .flac files and ...   Feb 22 2006, 3:05 pm
NectarDan   Check the link below. It lists FLAC programs at t...   Feb 22 2006, 7:49 pm
mrmcpheezy   Thanks.   Feb 22 2006, 10:11 pm

 

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