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[Polygon]

OGG is for low quality, use FLAC.

i can't tell the difference between ogg and flac, so why bother with files that are like 20 times as large?

[logos34]

i can't tell the difference between ogg and flac, so why bother with files that are like 20 times as large?

+1

ogg vorbis -q 5 setting or above is transparent to me. can't tell it from original

anyone who is not familiar with Coldplay, just listen to A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)--it's absolutely fantastic...X&Y (2005) is close behind...Viva la Vida (2008)/Prospekt's March, OTH, despite the rave reviews from a lot of critics, is complete garbage, IMHO...(But, hey, their previous albums are hard acts to follow)...

To be honest, I'm not expecting much from these tracks...although Radiohead practically gave away In Rainbows when it was first released on the web 3 yrs ago, and it was an instant alt rock classic

EDIT: oh, I thought this might be unlreleased material...It's [edit] LIVE performances, cool

[m_duck]

Cool, it's live. Cheers bigbrova

[Xbehave]

Its yet another meaningless move by a rich band, i don't see why big bands don't try giving away free as in beer (cc-by-nc-sa)

[logos34]

Its yet another meaningless move by a rich band

yeah, and I just noticed that the tracks don't even have gapless option enabled...how totally lame! I hate that in concert albums!

[kk0sse54]

doesn't seem to work for me

[Polygon]

blah. i dont like live albums, the clapping and cheering annoys me.

[pwnst*r]

yeah, and I just noticed that the tracks don't even have gapless option enabled...how totally lame! I hate that in concert albums!

agreed, it's free yes, but gapless not being enabled is weak. also, whoever posted about using FLAC over OGG is probably listening with cheap headphones and on a DAP, yet they praise FLAC over everything.

i use FLAC exclusively on my two channel home system and lossy (mp3/aac) on my DAP and yes, to my ears, there's a difference, especially when it comes to depth of soundstage, sibilance, and other factors. i do have a fairly expensive home set up though, so i would say for most, a good quality OGG (unless you're archiving) is plenty good enough.

[logos34]

i use FLAC exclusively on my two channel home system and lossy (mp3/aac) on my DAP and yes, to my ears, there's a difference, especially when it comes to depth of soundstage, sibilance, and other factors. i do have a fairly expensive home set up though, so i would say for most, a good quality OGG (unless you're archiving) is plenty good enough.

Personally, I'm in the 'most' category--to be exact, fairly good 2-channel stereo amp and 3-way speakers, and pretty decent headphones for my portable player). That's the conclusion I've come to...I've stopped worrying about it. Flac if you have $$$ home stereo sound system, gobs of empty disk space, and a large capacity DAP, and ogg vorbis for everyone else who have the average flash-based audio player, because at + q5 setting it's effectively transparent, so it hardly matters. Start enjoying the music.

[Murrquan]

Wow! Many thanks. ^.^

And here I've only heard Viva La Vida, but hey, anything else is just an added bonus!