Legit FLAC tunes ?

[danhackley]

I would recommend WAV above FLAC, also if you're ripping your own CDs. Sure, FLACs are almost half the size, but storage is so cheap nowadays that I don't think that's an issue. Programs such as Mediamonkey support metadata for WAV files. If you want the files on a portable player then Mediamonkey can convert them on the fly for you.

It depends a bit on your setup; if you want the best quality playback, then there have been many credible reports that WAV sounds better. The reasons are not easy to understand as FLAC is supposedly lossless. However, this difference would only be noticeable on a high-end system and not on your typical hi-fi or computer music setup.

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[mrfart]

boomkat.com sells flac files.
Also worth checking if the artist you're looking for is on http://bandcamp.com/

[pmh]

Responding to danhackley:
A common reason for using FLAC over WAV is to reduce bandwidth when sending to remote speakers such as when using UPNP. I have seen people having issues playing WAVs over slow links like WIFI that do not appear when the songs are compressed with either FLAC or MP3.

[nohitter151]

It depends a bit on your setup; if you want the best quality playback, then there have been many credible reports that WAV sounds better. The reasons are not easy to understand as FLAC is supposedly lossless. However, this difference would only be noticeable on a high-end system and not on your typical hi-fi or computer music setup.

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I'd like to see some evidence of that, because it's nonsense. FLAC equals WAV in terms of audio quality.