Audio files come in a number of different formats. Some are lossy, such as AAC and MP3; they save space compared to the original files, but some of the original data is lost during compression. Some ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

I need to come up with a process to help my dad (and me) maintain his music library (~10k songs right now, all ripped from CD). Basically he needs to rip to Apple Lossless for archiving purposes and ...