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Originally Posted by Ryzir
For people who don't know the difference WAV files are CBR (Constant Bit Rate) and FLAC is VBR (Variable Bit Rate). What this means is WAV includes all frequencies whether they have sound or not, FLAC discards the frequencies not being used.
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It is true that FLAC has a VBR. It is not true that FLAC discards any frequencies. The output of a FLAC decoder is bit-for-bit identical to the input to the FLAC encoder.