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Also, I see we have some serious Apple defenders on this list. Not meaning to start a cult-debate flame-a-thon, but iTunes for Windows does apparently behave differently than iTunes for Mac. Luckily, in the Windows world, we have the no-cost and excellent Foobar2000 to play just about all formats, including FLAC and DSD (with added open-source plug-ins). As for mastering in iTunes, I would be very careful about that and do bit-level comparisons with the master files and resulting CD. I suspect iTunes converts to some interim format and then burns the CD. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Haley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Is it time to rethink FLAC ? >I can't imagine any audio professional who masters audio in iTunes. I > can't get a grip on that as a concept. > > Best, > John Haley > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 5:07 PM, David Glasser <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> There is a utility program available that allows iTunes to play FLAC >> files. I don't recall the name. An easy solution is to simply decode your >> FLAC files and save them as wavs. That's kind of what FLAC was originally >> designed for - a "zip" file for audio that took up less bandwidth for >> transfers, but could be decoded to wav or aif. >> >> David Glasser >> Airshow Mastering >> Boulder, CO >> >> Sent from Weathership Tango Delta >> >> > On May 17, 2015, at 14:38, Michael Gillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > >> > ALAC is open source abd has been for several years. >> > Apple doesn't support FLAC due to questions over some of the patants that >> > might not be Open Source. With deep pockets they would be the perfect >> > target of a suit. I would love to see Apple support FLAC, maybe after M$ >> > does they may make the move. >> > >> > Mike >> > >> > >> >>> >> > >