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There have been many threads about this in the past but few recently, so I'll repeat my opinion that yes, I can hear the difference, but it takes good equipment to do so.



Thank You for this statement.....


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I personally wish PGMusic would save the files using FLAC or one of the other lossless WAV CODECs; that would save about 50% space.



I have mention this a few times also. I use Flac for most of my collaborations & storage, and occasionally also use Monkey's Audio .ape format, which has a slightly better compression ratio than Flac, when needed. It can not be because of the cost of these two, so I will guess that it has something to do with the way BiaB marks & deciphers the sections of the audio file.....

There is a "new" one called WavePak that I have only tinkered with, but it's files are definitely larger than .flac or .ape, even when stripping out all the other "features".

I look forward to the answer about the .wma scheme that is used...it sounds pretty darn good on this end so far!

i5 3.20GHz, 32gb RAM, 1tb SSD OS, 12tb HDD, 4gb gForce vid card, 32" monitor, Audient id44, Win10 x64, BiaB/RB 2023, Reaper 6,IK Multimedia Total Studio 3.5 MAX, Waves 10