Alci Acosta - Grandes Exitos -flac- -

Some argue that bolero is "background music," unsuitable for the technical scrutiny of high-resolution audio. This is a misunderstanding. The emotional weight of Alci Acosta’s music is carried in micro-details: the flutter in his vibrato, the percussive slap of the acoustic bass, the decay of a piano chord. FLAC provides:

MP3 compression works by chopping off "inaudible" frequencies to save space. Unfortunately, the bolero relies on silence and subtlety. In a track like "La Cárcel de Sing Sing" , Acosta whispers before he screams. In a 320kbps MP3, the whisper gets muddied into digital noise (artifacts). In FLAC, the background is black, and the voice cuts through with analog warmth. Alci Acosta - Grandes Exitos -FLAC-