If you can't afford CDs or FLAC downloads or can't be bothered to convert formats I highly recommend 256kbps AAC (iTunes standard), as it delivers higher frequencies than a 320kbps MP3 and is more compact in size, so a way more efficient format and can be cheaply downloaded off of iTunes with the added bonus of getting a digital PDF booklet (which is the case with a lot of Metallica albums on that store) and videos.įore Metallica specifically I recommend the following downloads: What I suggest is the following: Get music, if you can as 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC (buying CDs & ripping them is the cheapest way) and convert it to whatever format you choose, whether it's MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, whatever or just keep it as FLAC. The only reason I even own some hi-res music is because some albums have better mastering that is only available for download as a higher resolution (see the HDTracks versions of: Yes - 90125, Green Day - American Idiot & 21st Century Breakdown). I, too, have had the chance to listen to Metallica's albums in FLAC-HD and can tell you that I cannot hear a difference, even though I own a sound card that works for audio up to 24-bit/192kHz. Higher frequencies and bit depths are really useful if you're recording/mixing/mastering music, but not so much for listening to it. 22kHz.Ģ) 24-bit is not necessary for playback. A lot of people claim that it sounds better.ġ) You can't hear anything above 20kHz, so 44.1kHz (CD quality) is more than enough due to the nyquist theorem, therefore putting 44.1kHz FLAC files at a cap of approx. Hi-res music is everything above a bit depth of 16 bits (so 24 all the way to 64 bits) and a higher sample rate than 44.1kHz (48kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz, etc.), so if you look at a spectogram ( ), you will (hopefully, if the audio was recorded at that frequency) see frequencies going above and beyond superhuman levels. Technically, yes: Hi-res (FLAC-HD) music has more fidelity. TL DR FLAC-HD/ALAC-HD is unnecessary, FLAC/ALAC is perfect, 256kbps AAC (as all music on iTunes is) is good enough for listening.
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