Do a blind ABX test of files made using popular compression settings vs FLAC or other lossless files. You may be surprised at how good low bitrates can be thes

Do a blind ABX test of files made using popular compression settings vs FLAC or other lossless files. You may be surprised at how good low bitrates can be these days. Obviously, if you care you're going to insist on lossless, but mastering problems (e.g. the loudness wars) are a much bigger culprit of poor audio quality these days.