But this post isn’t about how I’ve been dipping my toes into the wild world of audiophiles and high-resolution music rather, I want to highlight an excellent Mac app I’ve been using to organize and edit the metadata of the FLAC music library I’ve been assembling over the past year. I detailed the entire story in the December 2019 episode of our Club-exclusive MacStories Unplugged podcast, but in short: I still use Apple Music to stream music every day and discover new artists however, for those times when I want to more intentionally listen to music without doing anything else, I like to sit down, put on my good Sony headphones, and try to enjoy all the sonic details of my favorite songs that wouldn’t normally be revealed by AirPods or my iPad Pro’s speakers. The open-source FLAC and Apple’s Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) are examples of this.For the past year, I’ve been using a high-res Sony music player to listen to my personal music collection. Some types of audio files are “ lossless” and offer the maximum sound quality at the expense of larger file sizes. You’ll also need to choose a bitrate, or quality level - higher quality levels mean larger files. Different formats have different compatibility - MP3 is the most compatible with the widest variety of devices, but AAC is more efficient and produces smaller files at the same quality level. When ripping discs, you’ll need to choose a format and bitrate. RELATED: What Are the Differences Between MP3, FLAC, and Other Audio Formats? Mac users should probably try Max, which also incorporates error-reduction features. LAME is the best-in-class MP3 encoder, and EAC, CDex, and Max can all use it. CDex may not work quite as well as EAC, but may be simpler to use. You’ll also need to download the LAME MP3 encoder separately and provide it to EAC. Many audiophiles swear by Exact Audio Copy on Windows, also known as EAC, which incorporates advanced error correction features for near-perfect rips.
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