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> Audiophiles are very hard to take seriously because the hobby is 95% snake oil and 5% reasonable engineering. I bought some half decent speakers by my standa
by collyw 7y ago
> Audiophiles are very hard to take seriously because the hobby is 95% snake oil and 5% reasonable engineering.
I bought some half decent speakers by my standards around a year ago (Creative T40s for what its worth).
As a test I tried some MP3 tracks at various bitrates sitting on my hard drive to see if I could guess the difference. Most of the time I thought the 192kbps sounded better than the 320kbps.
- thirdsun 7y agoTo be fair, speakers are the component in your signal chain that actually has a major impact on audio quality - it is by far the most important factor and it should take up the majority of your (audio) budget. Not to sound condescending but those speakers you mention don't seem very decent at and probably don't warrant any conclusion towards the benefits of various compression settings or audiophile configurations in.
- collyw 7y agoYes, I am not an audiophile. They still sound a lot better than the TV speakers the sound was coming through before and they are more than good enough for me. Some kids listen to music through the speakers on their phones.