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root_b33r t1_iu6pj6m wrote

Chances are you can't tell the difference, I could when I was younger so if you're young you might be able to but generally when I used FLAC I would just rip em off cd's that I borrowed or bought

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GamePro201X t1_iu6q9xo wrote

most people would either stream it (Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, etc), but if you actually want to own your music I know many people buy stuff from bandcamp

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blargh4 t1_iu6qa82 wrote

I pay for Amazon Music's lossless tier. Not particularly great as far as streaming services go, but it's cheap. And I buy from Bandcamp if I want my own copy/want to support the artist (most artists don't make a living from streaming payouts unfortunately).

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SolVynter t1_iu6s6ga wrote

Either zDigital or Bandcamp. Flac files are usually $1 more for individual tracks on zDigital but there's been instances where they were cheaper than 320kbs MP3.

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ultima-ratio-populi t1_iu6tllg wrote

I download from Bandcamp and Qobuz. I rip CDs I buy and borrow from the library. They take up 5 times the storage space of mp3s.

What do you mean price point? Price of the FLACs or hard drives or the speakers?

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blargh4 t1_iu6ukml wrote

Replying to ultima-ratio-populi (#300,891)

This was a much bigger pain point 15 years ago, but at a time when I can buy a 16TB hard drive for like $200 that I probably won't come close to filling with lossless music within my lifetime, I kinda feel like there's little reason to leave any quality on the table.

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These_Landscape_9781 t1_iu6vwkt wrote

bandcamp

there's lots of name your price stuff there too, not saying you should abuse it, but it definitely helps

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knvngy t1_iu6wvkr wrote

I get my flac files music from Amazon Music. Store them in my NAS.

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Fine_Land t1_iu72ev3 wrote

Hdtracks and 7digital is where I purchase my lossless audio files. There are plenty of unethical ways of also getting lossless audio.

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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_iu7q2qf wrote

CDs (Exact Audio Copy), Presto Classical/Jazz and 7Digital.

I would say they're worth it at $1 per track.

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andione1983 t1_iu8f2ku wrote

Tidabie your tidal collection. Easy peasy

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JuliusBelmont2000 t1_iu8j6b1 wrote

Bandcamp, Steam and physical CDs. Windows Media Player is excellent for ripping wavs from CDs in my opinion.

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dimesian t1_iu9xhot wrote

I buy FLAC from both Bandcamp and Bleep. You can choose from 320kbps mp3, FLAC or WAV, I choose whatever seems appropriate for the type of music. They also sell physical media like vinyl, cassettes, CDs, even music for Gameboy Advance.

I also stream and download stuff from Tidal.

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AltoDomino79 t1_iub194x wrote

I use Windows Media Player on my laptop to rip my cd's to FLAC files

I use the Pulsar app on my phone to play them on headphones, or I run them from a USB stick from my Roku Ultra to my reciever.

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