Originally Posted by Matt Finley
Yes, confirmed. I did some fast tests and the Flac RealTracks I chose at random took up 38% of the space that the corresponding WAV files did.

The drive contents are 48% of the prior size overall. That makes sense because WMA and style files etc are unchanged. I already had some new Flac files from 2025 which also skews the comparison.

I’m amazed how small and light the new drive is.

Mine arrived today also. After the large drive that arrived last year, I had to do a double take to make sure nothing was missing as it was small and compact. 48% in size - so about 1TB in size to do a full install, Matt? I work on my laptop, so 1TB is generally the size most of the latest laptops come in, and so storage is at a premium.

Tom Marvan
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