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Re:Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986 by andybak on Monday September 09, 2019 @05:43AM (#20916632)
Perceptually lossless and mathematically lossless are two different things. I'd be happy with the former.
Re:Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986 by Semaphor on Monday September 09, 2019 @07:53AM (#20917267)
But for a backup, you’d want actual lossless compression, wouldn’t you? Not for listening, but for re-encoding.
Re:Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986 by andybak on Sunday September 15, 2019 @05:15AM (#20976317)
I think it's something I could tolerate sacrificing if the storage gains were substantial.