Neil Young launches new music player

Re:Neil Young launches new music player by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday March 10, 2014 @07:15PM (#7376331)

> > A PONO file, encoded to CD, then FLAC'ed

> You realise that's a no-op, right?

Given that the PONO file will have more bits per sample than the CD encoded version, from a digital point of view, no, it is absolutely not a no-op. It has different data in it, even when the reversible compression has been reversed.

If a person with good ears can tell the difference, that's a different question. And even if someone somewhere can tell the difference sometimes, do enough people who pay for music care?

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Re:Neil Young launches new music player by davidgerard on Monday March 10, 2014 @07:51PM (#7376494)

The CD to FLAC bit is a no-op. To say that suggests not paying attention when writing.

If a person with good ears can tell the difference, I'll give them three lollipops. The record of actual A/B/X testing of such is a pretty consistent "no better than chance".

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