But storage is cheap. Time is not.
: Features lush orchestral arrangements by Jonny Greenwood. Final Verdict
The orchestra. Good lord, the orchestra. When the strings swell in "Burn the Witch" or "Daydreaming," a 320kbps MP3 struggles with intermodulation distortion. The highs get brittle. FLAC keeps the woodwinds warm and the cellos rich. The final track, "True Love Waits," is just a piano and a voice. In MP3, you hear the song. In FLAC, you hear the hammer hit the string, the pedal squeak, the room’s air.