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[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 days ago

I've always been able to tell (with 100% accuracy) the difference between compressed and uncompressed audio (even when it's "lossless" compression)

???

The data coming out of your DAC is identical with lossless compression

[-] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago

Maybe their computer just lags hard enough to skip samples whenever decompressing.

[-] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago

Or he does what most audiophiles do and look at the label/bitrate/price tag and say "Hmm, yes, that is of far higher quality". Not saying that differences don't exist, but I've noticed audio tends to be especially rife with people who claim to be able to hear differences where they should not be humanly perceptible and will fail blind tests time and time again.

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