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lets get clear in this point

FLAC should be from a direct audio source NEVER FROM A MP3

MP3 is a lossy format... to conserve a good audio quality should be at least at 360 KBPS

FLAC should be shared in FLAC in you HD you can convert flac to MP3 OGG or anythin you wants...

i understan this rule is for the forum sharing.. and is for conservate the quality of the tapings... in most of cases required for the tapers Themselves...

 

I really applaud this decision. There are many other filesharing networks where mp3 shows can be easily downloaded. The commitment to quality here is great and perhaps it will encourage tapers to allow their shows to be shared more freely.

I just can't understand the pleasure to have a audience show sounding like shit in FLAC ? Is it to get less space on our hard disk??? cause the fact that the show is in flac doesn't make it sounds better, i repeat, if the original recording and the original mix is crap... it is logical, and you don't have to be a sound ingeneer to understand that!!!

OK for the Flac solution if the original recording comes from soundboard or FM and TV broadcast. If not, it is useless. 

realize, that "audience show sounding like shit in FLAC" sounds always much better than compresed to mp3. ALWAYS ....

Firstable, i agree with the new guidelines.

Second, some remarks:
Quality is not a question of the end format that a show is transferred to, quality
is a question of generation and gear. If someone has strong objections against
mp3 and lossy formats their point of view must be respected IF they share quality
stuff and ask for quality.
Quality is a question of technical knowledge and knowledge about trading and
encoding to digital formats.

If a show must be remastered or waits for remastering like most cure audience shows are then: no mp3 or no lossy files at all. And even then:

- only known generation and/or known lineage shows to exclude everything insane
like mp3->wav or mp3->flac

- only reliable persons or respected persons, respect and reliability can be calculated by the number of quality uploads by them, not by their views on subjective things like
their use or non-use, or their liking or non-liking of lossy formats like mp3. If
someone knows almost everything about lossy formats then it´s non-likely that he/she would share something insane like mp3->flac

FLAC is VERY VERY good especially for me  with a fast connection,The sound improves a great deal.
 But as you all know A crappy recording will always be a crappy one!