future UW downloads in lossless?

[bryantm3]

i downloaded some genesis bootlegs and also did some mp3 (128 kbps) to cd comparisons with the same songs, and i was blown away. the mp3s sound so crappy and muffled compared to the full audio. i mean, i can't burn SHN and FLAC files directly to a cd, but i use this program called xAct to convert it to wav, and it's phenominal. this should be the standard for the upcoming UW downloads.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

not to be a troll, but hasn't this discussion been done to death?

[Jan]

Although i think lossless would be the best option an mp3 version is still required for those people who are on 56k. But they should consider switching to a better encoder such as lame (something like -V2 --vbr-new). There is no point in using another encoder.
linky: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME

[stimpee]

not to be a troll, but hasn't this discussion been done to death?this discussion has been done to death, yes. A search in the Underworld forum for FLAC (http://www.dirty.org/forums/search.php?searchid=41169) or lossless (http://www.dirty.org/forums/search.php?searchid=41170)will lead you to the discussions in question.