George grunted. "Sheldon, we've got the game on. Why can't you stream whatever you need?"
"Dad, I require a ride to the library tomorrow. It's for science—and art." young sheldon s03e14 flac
"The song ? Mom, this is Beethoven. He didn't write 'songs.' He wrote symphonies. And right now, his genius is being slaughtered by 128-kilobit compression." George grunted
Later that evening, Sheldon cornered George Sr., who was trying to watch football in peace. It's for science—and art
"They have a FLAC archive. FLAC—Free Lossless Audio Codec. It preserves every single bit of the original recording. Unlike MP3s, which are essentially musical hearsay."
"The difference," George said, surprising everyone, "is that Beethoven didn't write his symphonies for FLAC files. He wrote 'em for people. And people are messy, imperfect—kinda like MP3s."
Finally, Mary called a family meeting.