Focus on bit-perfect ripping, checksums, metadata tagging (album art, liner notes), and why FLAC is preferred for music archives. (For psychology or perception studies)
“From CD to FLAC: Ensuring Longevity of Early 2000s Pop Albums – Be Not Nobody as a Case Study” -FLAC- Vanessa Carlton Be Not Nobody
Use A Thousand Miles as the stimulus. Blind ABX test with 20 participants. Hypothesis: No statistically significant difference with modern codecs. (For musicology) Focus on bit-perfect ripping
“The Sonic Signature of Be Not Nobody : Why Ron Fair’s Production Benefits from Lossless Formats” metadata tagging (album art