fumi Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Okay, if you don't use Apple, this is going to be one whole 'I don't give a fuck' but it's a big deal for Apple users. https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/6/15747518/apple-flac-lossless-audio-compressed-alac-ios-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Apple adds microSD support in iOS14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 huh... ok been converting dem FLACs to ALAC for quite a while now *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juiceciuj Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 128kbps mp3 4 life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 at least audiophiles looking to play their FLAC collections on Apple’s devices may have some workaround when iOS 11 launches this fall LOL being an audiophile while listening to tunes on yuor iphone/pad/pod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 finally I can listen to my vaporwave flacs on my Apple™ iPhone™ with wireless Beats™ Solo 3™ headphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 at least audiophiles looking to play their FLAC collections on Apple’s devices may have some workaround when iOS 11 launches this fall LOL being an audiophile while listening to tunes on yuor iphone/pad/pod? especially iphones (but other flagship phones as well) have extremely good dacs and headphone amps that can rival professional gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 at least audiophiles looking to play their FLAC collections on Apple’s devices may have some workaround when iOS 11 launches this fall LOL being an audiophile while listening to tunes on yuor iphone/pad/pod? especially iphones (but other flagship phones as well) have extremely good dacs and headphone amps that can rival professional gear. my -20hz to 200,000,000,000khz hearing range and 50k post count on headfi.org prove you wrong. You need stax and a 10k electrostat tube amp to hear music correctly on digital vinyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 iOS 11 won't run on my iphone 5 though :( Jesus, still no flac support in itunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 flac support? nice! *puts 2 albums on phone* ah shit outta space wtf is with the no itunes flac support still? eh i've been this close to switching to tomahawk or something for a month anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamourfou Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Good luck with the Pono now, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Good luck with the Pono now, Neil. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropi Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Nah, it's not really "a big deal for Apple users" since iTunes doesn't play it yet and conversion to ALAC takes around 3 sec in Max 0.81... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 lol flac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidrodi Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Who the hell listens to lossless music on their phones? as if you can tell any difference with crappy earphones on the subway lolwut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 lol flac This more than anything. FLAC is an amazing format for what it was made to do, which is archiving. Just like "bitperfect audio" being meant for low latency recording, audiophiles have lolled it into pseudo science. This obviously may not have been the case a long time ago before well encoded lossy files used to be the norm and DirectSound on Windows used to be absolute shit but LAME is fantastic these days and you'd have to try to fuck it up. AAC exists as well. It's nice for apple to support more formats but for playback it's not a huge deal these days. EDIT: But lol for supporting it on phones before iTunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haste Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I don't get why this matters? There are apps in the appstore that play flac out of the box, and you can sync files through your web browser to your phone (Lossless Plus for example). My whole library is in flac, and it's easy to just bypass the whole itunes ecosystem and play what files you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Who the hell listens to lossless music on their phones?I do ... but ... BUT (there's quite a few buts!) ... only 'cos: - My phone natively plays them - FLACs are pretty much the same price as mp3s nowadays so I just buy that format now - HD and microSD storage is so expansive and cheap that a 200mb mp3 album vs 400mb flac album doesn't really make much of a scrap of a difference - I can't be arsed to transcode the files whenever I bung them on my phone's SD card Definitely can't hear the difference ... hell back when 192kbps mp3s were the norm I couldn't (and still can't) tell a difference between that lossy and a lossless format! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i'm a 320 man and always will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i'm a 320 man and always will be Aw yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i'm a 320 man and always will be +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 v0 4 lyfe.... (well apart from flacs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Ogg Vorbis Until I Die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 v0 4 lyfe.... (well apart from flacs) God damn variable hippie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 God damn variable hippie... hey man, we shouldn't be constricted by those rigid government imposed bit rates yeah? ... we should let the encoding roam free with the spirit of the music and let it decide what frame size it feels like yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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