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Why to bother with various tradeoffs if you can get the best?(i.e lossless). You can make the same argument on video technologies(i.e HDR). The truth is that pe

Why to bother with various tradeoffs if you can get the best?(i.e lossless). You can make the same argument on video technologies(i.e HDR). The truth is that people usually adapt so "painful" audio or video quality stops being painful after a while.

stdbrouw 10y ago
"Better" and "best" imply a detectable difference, and the point of a transparent lossy codec is that no such difference should exist.
sjwright 10y ago
If it was even remotely painful, it would sail through an ABX test.
- lisivka 10y ago
  It may sail through months long ABX test.
  - sjwright 10y ago
    Artefacts that can only be discerned after months of sustained listening? Sounds like you're clutching at straws.
    - lisivka 10y ago
      Not an artifact, but loss of variance in music. Same patterns are activating same neurons, so they are tired.