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On decent speakers you can definitely hear the difference when you switch from a lossless to a lossy format. The blind tests may be confusing if you switch bet
by themihai 10y ago
On decent speakers you can definitely hear the difference when you switch from a lossless to a lossy format.
The blind tests may be confusing if you switch between the formats repeatedly in a short period of time but if you listen lossless audio for a long time and then you suddenly switch to a lossy format you can definitely sense the difference.
- JonnieCache 10y agoAre you positive you can tell the way the difference is going, even (especially) after a long time listening?
- themihai 10y agoWell, the very first day when I switched from Tidal HD to Apple music I could sense the difference. The interesting part is that I didn't really expect any difference because at that time I thought Apple is using a lossless codec too(ALAC) so that made me google it and I've found they are actually using AAC thus the reason why I think there is a noticeable difference. Now I'm still listening lossy audio because for some reasons I decided to cancel the Tidal subscription. I can't say the difference is really like between SD and HD video so you don't miss much but if you get used with lossless audio chances are that you can sense the difference when you switch to a lossy version.