Lossless translated from English means "lossless." If the audio signal is compressed using special lossless audio codecs, it can be restored with absolute accuracy if desired.
If you take an ordinary Audio CD with analog sound, write it in WAV format for sound without compression, then perform WAV compression using the lossless codec, then decompress the resulting sound file into WAV and write the result to a blank CD, you can get two completely identical Audio CDlossless , , lossy , , . , lossy , . - lossless. , , , lossless. lossless?
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- WAV — Microsoft Wave;
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- FLAC;
- APE – Monkey’s Audio;
- M4A – Apple Lossless - Apple;
- WV – WavPack;
- WMA – Windows Media Audio 9;
- LA – Lossless Audio;
- TTA – True Audio.
- LPAC;
- OFR – OptimFROG;
- RKA – RKAU;
- SHN – Shorten.
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This player is able to cope with almost all formats of music playback without lossless quality lossless. What is a good lossless player can be understood by its example. It is able to correctly handle the processing of individual tracks in lossless format. This is a typical FLAC or APE codec problem. It consists in the fact that the entire audio disc is digitized at once and recorded in one file without dividing into tracks. The problem of splitting into tracks is designed to solve an additional file with the extension .cue. It contains a description of the access settings for each track of the album. An ordinary player plays the entire lossless file in its entirety. The player for lossless AIMP perfectly reproduces most of the audio formats and recognizes tracks in a lossless file format.Lossless digital players
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Windows computer owners can use any application that is compatible with music codecs without losing quality: Foobar2000 or WinAmp. Winamp requires special plugins. Lossless music plays well on iTunes and KMPlayer. The advantage of iTunes, which is not in other players is the ability to support tags.
Lossless compatible devices
It is unlikely that the owner of the library will want to spend time converting files from the FLAC format to MP3 in order to be able to listen to the recordings on his gadget. A smartphone or tablet has limited capabilities that are not comparable to a computer, but nevertheless, many of the mobile devices lose lossless formats., Android andLess. FLAC, APE, WAV , Android.
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To get real pleasure from sound quality, you need special equipment: headphones, amplifiers, speakers. The easiest way, of course, with headphones. If you intend to enjoy music while sitting at the computer, they will work best. Users respond well to Koss and Sennheiser products. Particular attention should be paid to the size of the membrane. The bigger it is, the better the sound. It is important not to be deceived. Some manufacturers put a small membrane in large ear pads - these headphones look solid, and the sound is only suitable for listening to mp3.(Hi-Fi Hi-End) - . . , , – . , , . Microlab SOLO. lossless , . .
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