What is the difference between MP3 and FLAC?
MP3 is the music industry standard for compressed audio. MP3 uses a compression method that strips extra bits off of an audio file. MP3 files encoded at a higher bit rate have better sound quality, and generally, good quality MP3s sound the same as CD-Quality Audio. FLAC, on the other hand, is a lossless compression method that works similar to Zip. Lossless audio compression means that, while the file is made smaller, there is no loss of audio data in the process. A FLAC file can later be converted back to its source format using freely-available audio software, or to another master-quality format. FLAC is the best way to get Master-quality audio via download.
