Danny Carey often utilizes massive, custom drum kits including acoustic pieces, electronic pads, and mandalas. Lossless audio allows you to pinpoint the exact stereo placement of every cymbal strike and tom-roll.
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No. TOOL is not background music. It is active listening architecture. The dynamic range from a whisper to a wall of sound (often exceeding 20dB) is precisely what lossless preserves. A FLAC rip of a well-mastered TOOL CD reveals: TOOL DISCOGRAPHY FLAC CD