Production: Produced by TOOL with engineer/mixer collaborators, the record emphasizes clarity and separation between instruments, enabling the dense arrangements to remain distinct. The FLAC format is well-suited for this album because it preserves dynamic range and fine detail.

The tour de force . In lossless, Chancellor’s wah-pedal bass in the bridge (8:00) actually moves air. Carey’s double-kick patterns are distinct left and right, not summed to mono. This track alone justifies the -FLAC- tag.

You want to hear Danny Carey’s cymbal decay fade into silence across 86 minutes of pristine digital audio.