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    ** Original area               : "/FIDO/FN_SYSOP"   
    ** Original message from       : August Abolins@2:221/1.58   
    ** Original message to         : Bj”rn Felten   
    ** Original date/time          : 01 Jan 22, 08:18   
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   Hello Bj”rn Felten!   
      
   ** On Saturday 01.01.22 - 03:11, Bj”rn Felten wrote to All:   
      
    BF> ..but somewhere on the way, I still feel we lost   
    BF> something. The perfect sound.   
      
   The "sound" is truly in the ear of the beholder.   
      
      
    BF> ..So I started with my nine CD collection of ABBA music,   
    BF> and re-ripped them all to lossless FLAC files. But before   
    BF> I go all-in on a costly path, I want to make sure I'm on   
    BF> the right path.   
      
   Ripping to FLAC is costly?  How so?  CD WAV --> FLAC might be a     
   bit time consuming, certainly though.   
      
      
    BF> So, I've tried various ways to reproduce the music, and   
    BF> I'm still not totally convinced. There's a long chain of   
    BF> possible POF on the way so far.   
                 ^^^   
      
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    BF> The first one is the digital distribution of the music   
    BF> files. And here's where I wonder if there's still some   
    BF> true audiophiles out there. With the ultimate sound   
    BF> system, and the ear to notice the difference between   
    BF> "normal" music and proper Hi-Fi ditto.   
      
   The bottom line is if YOU notice a difference.  ;)   
      
   How are you listening to your music: open-air speakers?     
   standard headphones?  in-ear headphones?   
      
   FLAC also has various levels of compression too. Maybe you     
   could adjust that to get closer to the non-discernable     
   difference that you seek.   
      
    BF> On http://eljaco.se/ABBA/ I have all the 133 ABBA songs   
    BF> in my possession in a loss-less format. Can you please   
    BF> check and see if you think it's worth spending   
    BF> thousands of dollars pursuing this quest.   
      
   I have some ABBA material on CD too.  I could compare some of     
   those and your tunes with my modest system.   
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