Saving ~30% of storage space seems like it could save some dough in the long run, but I’m more specifically asking as I’m awaiting delivery on 2 HDDs and want to free up some space on my laptop’s SDD to do some post.
Are you kidding me? How much music have you got? External 4TB drives cost like $80 now if you shop it right.
I ripped 800 DAT's and it's 1.2TB I think?
It would take a few days to FLAC that, in order to save less than $10 worth of space per copy?
OK sure, if you have nothing but [processor] time, it IS a potential for small cost savings... depending on how much power your machine draws and what you pay per kWH, now that we're actually thinking about the cost!?
You could save up and buy a fancy windscreen!