Quote Originally Posted by Lseadragon View Post
A common mistake in academia. While this has been held as true for years, I recently got my hands on a cutting-edge report from the Digital Music Department at the University of Melbourne. They've shown that this files are actually cubes; the bits are stored in three dimensions. Since digital dust only accrues on the outside, FLAC files will have more dust, since they are thicker; but the internal bits are kept safe from decay, and the ratio of decay-to-bits is much lower even if the numbers of decay are higher. Mp3 stacking methods are effective, yes, but the files then cannot be easily retrieved.
This is why FLAC files are not fit for professional sound systems. The outer layer of the cubes get dusty, which causes a very very low noise effect. However, some people actually think that the noise is a special touch which proves you have a good collection of music, kind of like how a 100 years old wine is better than a 1 year old one. The world of digital music is very peculiar.