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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
These are all in the flac format. I am not knowledgeable about such things, but if memory serves me correctly, this is a very high quality format--CD quality or maybe better.
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FLAC is a lossless audio codec. This means it compresses the audio filesize (roughly 50% on average)
without losing any information in the process. Codecs like MP3 are lossy, and lose information in the compression stage. Lossless codecs are great, you can convert them back into WAV format, burn a CD and have the original CD album perfectly duplicated.
To be fair there, most people don't notice the difference. However, it tends to be more noticeable in classical music. So their using lossless is a great move.
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
One caveat. I was already on Naxos' mailing list. Even so, I found there to be a definite frustration factor in getting everything set up. Among other issues, you have to download a proprietary player for the music. But once you get set up, I doubt that it will be much trouble to download an album each month (I don't know for sure because I just learned about the program (it may have just begun this month, for that matter) and downloaded my first album). You might want to peruse Naxos' "Free Album Offer Guide," which is a step-by-step guide of what you have to do to get your free download using a desktop computer.
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If it's really FLAC, then any player that supports FLAC should work fine, not just their proprietary player. And it's pretty easy to convert FLAC to a codec that works in popular media players like iTunes. I've signed up and once I get an E-mail for the free download page I'll try it out and report back. So far I've only received an E-mail telling me of the wonderful free benefits, containing no link to this month's freebies.
