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Opus / Re: xHE-AAC : The Death of OPUS?
Last post by shadowking -> If you want 100% transparency all the time, take a lossless codec
In principle nothing stops something like LossyFLAC or maybe even ("up-tuned") Musepack from guaranteeing 100% transparency due to the way they work. (you can basically require them to maintain a certain SNR at all times, no matter how many bits that would take)
Pure lossless-compressed PCM is always going to use more bits than necessary for louder intervals and that's the lowest hanging fruit to shave off some % of bits.
In addtion to lossyflac, loaded mpc ,High bitrate WV lossy can be used confidently from around 500kbps . something like -b500x4s1 or more.