Some argue that heavy metal, with its distorted chaos, doesn't benefit from lossless audio. They are wrong.

"Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", "The Unforgiven"

However, Alex wasn't familiar with FLAC files and wasn't sure how to play them on his equipment. He spent some time researching and discovered that he needed a media player that supported FLAC playback. He downloaded a compatible player, and to his delight, the album sounded incredible. The clarity and depth of the music were like nothing he had ever heard before.

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You have acquired the . Do not play it through $10 earbuds. That is like driving a Ferrari on square wheels.

The MP3 gives you the structure. The FLAC gives you the emotion —the slight crack in Hetfield’s voice on "Nothing Else Matters," the room bleed in Lars’ overhead mics, the string buzz on the "Sad But True" riff.