Interesting, no I have not. I'll try that, but I'm curious what's the reason behind it? If they are all lossless, why can't we just go FLAC -> ALAC?
Also, I just noticed a drastic reduction in size/bit rate when going from FLAC -> WAV
46.1MB/3273 kbps Bit Rate -> 10.8MB/768 kbps Bit Rate.
Then from WAV -> ALAC:
10.8MB/768 kbps Bit Rate -> 3.1MB/216 kbps.
Seems like that's not the ideal route, as I get a huge reduction in file size/quality.
Ok, turns out that going form FLAC -> WAV via iTunes still gives me this loud distortion sound. The song is hardly recognizable. Could it be iTunes/Fluke is just a bad program to use for converting?
Edit: Well it also seems like iTunes/Fluke aren't able to play some of my FLACs properly in the first place. They sound as if they are played out of one of those heavily modified cars with a trunk containing a giant subwoofer.
I normally use Songbird (Mac) for my FLACs and so far it's been wonderful in taming these FLACs. Does this mean Songbird is superior to iTunes/Fluke, or is there some other underlying problem?
It sucks that iPhones aren't able to simply play Flacs - it would've saved me a lot of trouble.
Edited by KeVan - 4/5/12 at 9:33am