![]() ![]() ![]() I have been using it this way for many years, and I've been happy, but new higher resolution formats (FLAC) are here and are much more widly accepted. If the sytem path you currently own will accept the iTunes app and that is all you intend to use it for, you are good-to-go. ![]() Converting between the two is also pretty straightforward so this isn't the $64k question it once was.Īpple losless is proprietory (but not limited) to Apple, ALAC is limited to 16 bits 44.1 khz. Otherwise I think most all replay environments support both and so it is probably moot. ITunes (vanilla) still doesn't support FLAC and I'm guessing that WMP (still) doesn't support ALAC. IIRC ALAC has some specific features to support Airplay streaming, but as far as substantive differences go that's about it.Īpple placed ALAC in the public domain under the Apache license a couple years ago (although not before a bunch of folks had spent a lot fo time and effort reverse engineering it), so now presumably all 3rd party devices are using encoders and decoders are based on the Apple source rather than the Hammerton/Brocious code (which still had some bugs in the hi rez code paths when I tuned out a few years ago). Both achieve a similar end by very similar means and there are absolutely no quality pros or cons that I am aware of. From a technical perspective there is really nothing to choose between FLAC and ALAC. ![]()
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