Playing 24-bit/192kHz Flac Causes Crash ...

[MrSinatra]

just fyi, i think u misinterpreted my analogy, but that doesn't really matter. however, imo, if your source materials were themselves originally 24/192, i would keep flacs of them in that condition, and make mirrors of them in lessor forms, if needed. while i firmly believe that 16/44.1 is good for 99.9% of people/setups, i still don't like the idea of downgrading the flacs to that, esp as flacs, and esp if they are to be the only copies.

it is somewhat disingenuous of me to say that, since i use mainly mp3, which is inherently lossy, but if i were to get the 24 bit beatle flac remasters, i would be loathe to convert them into something else.

the methods/goals get more complicated if source materials were 5.1 or beyond stereo, (which flac can encode)