MP3 vs. FLAC vs. Ogg Vorbis

If you’re ill-of-ears, you may never have considered the point in a serious audio smackdown between (arguably) the three major formats in digital tune management. But listen up: There’s a lot to learn here. That dusty folder full of MP3s from the original Napster days? That’s not the way music was meant to be heard, stored, or shared. So, let’s pull apart those formats, and find the wins and losses in various categories, all while keeping the underwater garble of WMA at arm’s length, conveniently ignoring the fact that it has a lossless version that’s actually not the worst thing we’ve ever heard.