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Audio Products
That Work Best With FLAC File Format
There are numerous file formats that are today used in audio
data comparison like wav, zip and FLAC. Of these file formats;
the most popular and most used form of file format is FLAC.
FLAC is basically the acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec
that is a lossless form of audio compression codec.
FLAC is a free file format that unlike other lossy codecs like
Vorbis and AAC does not lose any information from the audio
stream during the compression process. This means that the
file that is used before compression will have the same data
as the file that is available after compression. There is no
loss of any data during compression, like in other audio data
file formats.
FLAC is very much suitable for use in everyday payback as it
is compatible with most of the software audio products
available today. It can be used on household stereos, car
stereos and even in portable and handheld audio devices like
iRiver. Not only is FLAC used for playback listening pleasure,
it is also used extensively in the archiving of audio
collections.
By archiving audio collections in other formats to FLAC
format, you have better listening pleasure with your audio
products. Owners of CDs and other listening media use FLAC to
help in preservation of their valuable audio collections. By
using FLAC on their audio products to compress the audio data
from other media, this file can be used in case the original
medium gets lost, damaged or worn out over time.
FLAC can handle all PCM bit resolutions that range from 4 to
32 bits per sample and supports sampling rates from 1 Hz to
1,048,570 Hz in increments of 1 Hz. There are many platforms
that compile the reference implementation of FLAC like UNIX,
Windows, BeOS and OS/2 operating systems. With there being no
loss in the data during audio data compression, FLAC produces
compressed files that provide you with quality music in the
high end audio products that work best with FLAC.
There are many audio products that are compatible with files
compressed with FLAC like the slick networked audio system,
Sonos. There are ZonePlayers connected to amplifiers and
speakers here. Sonos can be used to access music over the
network and is controlled by wireless remote with color LCD
and clickwheel.
Squeezebox is another networked audio player from Slim Devices
that provide both analog and digital outputs from FLAC files
when connected to amplifiers or receivers. This is an audio
product that has excellent support for FLAC, FLAC tags
ReplayGain and external cue sheet support.
Slim Devices also has Transporter, the networked audio player
that has excellent FLAC support with all standard FLAC
encoding modes and tags provided support. There are various
home stereos that support FLAC like Netgear EVA8000, Zensonic
Z500, Sooloos and ReQuest. Other forms of home stereo that
support FLAC are Linn Klimax DS networked digital music
player, Roku Photobridge HD via plugin, Meda Systems' Bravo
servers and iMuse audio/video media servers.
Some car stereos models that support FLAC are PhatBox and URAL
ConceRt CDD while portable or handheld devices that support
FLAC are i-Station mini DX, Meizu M6 Miniplayer and Cowon
iAUDIO. Other portable and handheld devices that support FLAC
are Zarva MV209, Hyndai NG-260, iPod via the Rockbox firmware
replacement and Portable Media Player.
Other equipment like the Numark’s DJ equipment like HDX and
CDX turntables with its integrated hard disk and HDMIX mixer
all work best with FLAC. Even the sound Devices’ 7-Series
recorders and the Pico CD/DVD Duplicator all work well with
FLAC.
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