In this case, the adage "bits are bits" is entirely applicable. Lossless is lossless and there's no difference between any lossless format whether aiff, Apple lossless, flac and wav. There may be differences in terms of accessibility and the like but you won't be able to discern any difference in terms of playback quality.
OSX CD ripping codec
I have about 3000ish CDs. When I started ripping them via iTunes, I went the AIFF/44k route.
Sometime later, I wandered into a well known home theatre boutique in Los Angeles and the rep scoffed at my AIFF choice, insisting that Apple Lossless was the way to go. Coming from a visual effects background, my assumption is that you would always want to stay as close to the source material as possible, so AIFF seemed smart at the time.
I have no problem with the size of the files or the storage required. I want to keep everything as open as possible for whichever home distribution route I end up taking.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks and happy holidays!
-Scott
Sometime later, I wandered into a well known home theatre boutique in Los Angeles and the rep scoffed at my AIFF choice, insisting that Apple Lossless was the way to go. Coming from a visual effects background, my assumption is that you would always want to stay as close to the source material as possible, so AIFF seemed smart at the time.
I have no problem with the size of the files or the storage required. I want to keep everything as open as possible for whichever home distribution route I end up taking.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks and happy holidays!
-Scott