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		323 on March 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Improved audio rendering with an optimised version... They were comparing FLAC with raw uncompressed PCM wave files. Some swear they can hear the difference.

JohnBooty on March 14, 2023 | [–]

It's pretty trivial to go PCM->FLAC->PCM with e.g. ffmpeg and verify there's no difference.

I suppose it's possible there's a software bug with the actual FLAC decoder they were listening with. However it of course seems much more likely they're imagining it.

mort96 on March 13, 2023 | [–]

Oh. Yea that's either BS or a serious software bug.

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