Originally Posted by Gavin Sinclair

So... in the case of BIAB, the recording undergoes compression once - from the original .wav file recording to .wma (which is a slightly superior relative of an mp3, as far as I can figure out). Then you can save it as a .wav and bring it into your DAW, so no further compression takes place. Having Audiophile avoids that one compression and I'm certainly willing to believe that it sounds better. Thanks for pointing this out. Very informative.


I am under the impression that BIAB uncompresses the wma files to wav files while it is doing audio processing. To my knowledge, if you use the audiophile version, your wav forms NEVER go under any compression throughout the entire BIAB session. If you output to mp3 or wma, that is the only time compression is done to the audio files. Most of us can only hear the smallest, slightest differences between wav and mp3/wma (if any). So I would say you only need the audiophile version if you are doing purely professional work.



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