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I used to agree with this but even with my (quite old) ears can hear the difference between high bitrate compressed audio and lossless on (eg) Apple Music - I w
by klelatti 5y ago
I used to agree with this but even with my (quite old) ears can hear the difference between high bitrate compressed audio and lossless on (eg) Apple Music - I wonder if other aspects of the audio have improved and no longer mask the differences?
- WalterBright 5y agoYou could write a program that did a double blind experiment on you to verify your perceptions.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoThere was a foobar2000 plugin that I used for this and I could tell a difference but it was not easy. I had to listen intensely to higher frequencies like hi-hats. If I did not know that I was being tested I would never know the difference. I collect/archive music in FLAC but convert down to mp3 when syncing to devices.
- klelatti 5y agoApple Music switches between lossless and compressed depending on bandwidth and tells you on the screen whether it's on lossless or not. I find myself feeling that audio quality mid track has worsened and look at the screen to have it confirmed that it isn't lossless any more. Of course I don't know what the compressed bitrate is - so it could be quite low in these scenarios - but subjectively the quality isn't awful, just a bit worse.