Quote Originally Posted by AlexM View Post
John,

I didn't rip to wav from the cd so I had to convert the flax to wav in order to do this test.

Alex
First, oh yes you did assuming you are using Windows computer.
Windows at default will only rip to WAV but I think I understand what you mean, you let the Flac compression run automatically.

If I wanted to carry out a meaningful comparison test between Flac and WAV then I would not want the WAV file to have undergone further processes, compression, decompression, before the comparison otherwise what I would have "tested" is just the ability of the decompresser to return the Flac file to a checksum identical WAV copy.

Given how we/you/us are listening for what are generally acknowledged as inaudible differences then any unnecessary processing of the WAV file renders the test invalid imo.

Just sayin mate, but no sweat if you're happy.