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Here we are entering the field of High Definition Audio (in marketing terms, Hi-Res Audio). Also, FLAC is not limited to CD quality and you can buy 24-bit / 192kHz sampled files. Before FLAC, the only way to get lossless files was to use uncompressed CDA CD or WAV, which are almost twice the size. Theoretically, FLAC files sound like the originals when unzipped. Like MP3 before it, FLAC has been dubbed by the music industry as an inexpensive way to distribute CD quality music, thus avoiding the shortcomings of MP3.

In general, cymbals, guitars, and reverb effects are most affected by MP3 compression, and may have annoying distortion. The difference between FLAC and MP3 MP3 is a lossy format, which means that sound information is lost when files are compressed to reduce their size.