95% of sound quality problems are in the mastering process, where for a couple of decades now the engineers have been butchering recordings with severely clipped, compressed dynamics. The fanciest lossless file format will only help to preserve that garbage so it hits your ears that much clearer.
Hilarious that guys like Flea are criticizing CD quality sound, when his own band is one of the worst offenders of this type of sound mutilation. While albums like What's The Story Morning Glory were pioneers, Californication took the art of crappy mastering to bold new heights.
Promise to fix the way sound engineers treat a musician's recording, and maybe the you can start looking at delivery format.
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