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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Most people DO NOT hear the difference between FLAC and MP3s, which are 320kbs encoded. Most people that claim that do, can't do it in the blind test.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Anecdotal, but... I've been a musician for 36 years and have fantastic hearing not just for my age but for any age. I know, I have to get it quantitatively tested twice a year!

    I can't tell the difference at all between FLAC and 320 kbps from the same source. I can tell a difference between FLAC and 128 kbps, but it's not huge. It sounds a bit dull, but I have to be looking for the difference and comparing the two. If you just gave me one or the other with no reference, I might suspect the 128 if it was a simple recording of a single instrument or a song I'm intimately familiar with, and even then I wouldn't be sure of it. It just sometimes "feels" weird.

    So I converted over 4 terabytes of my music stash to 320 kbps and cut the total space into less than 2. Feels good.

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