I can’t at all lol. I have Edifier S2000MKIII speakers and Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones.
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Only in how much space the songs take up
Some years ago we were making a test with my friends, and for me: 128kbps to 300, lossless or cd audio - easy
128 to 192, 300 to cd, etc- only one of my friend could easily say, I was right in like 60% cases, but it was hard, so it’s basically negligible in real life when you really listen to music.
Yes, we did have a good setup - not audiophile level, but quite decent stuffMy experience was the same. Especially when you’re in your 30s or older, the degredation is real.
The range is falling for some people, for some it’s ok I can still hear really high pitches in my 43, I could hear an ultrasound rat spooker that was installed in a supermarket bakery isle (so it was kind of a “me spooker”, because the pitch is really annoying.
But speaking of listening to the music - you still can analyze the whole range, so I’m not sure it really degrades with age. I am still really picky about my headphones and speakers :)
Yes, but only if A-B-ing. But the more I listen to lossless, the more I hear.
And it slowly builds a deeper landscape.
Same, and only on one pair of speakers and a few sets of headphones. I can’t tell on AirPod Pros or in my car; where I listen to 99% of things overall.
I still go with flac because I’m stupid and stubborn.
Absolutely not. With my experience using similar prosumer grade gear, I cannot tell the difference between 128 and lossless. My ears just do not work well enough. I doubt that even top-of-the-line audiophile grade gear would make a difference to me, but I may be wrong.
Tried a long time ago with my sound guy when my ears were younger. Couldn’t tell between setting between 200 & 320 kbps mp3, but the change for FLAC could be heard on some types of music. The most noticeable change I found was on second bad vilbel from Autechre’s tri repetae++
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zappj-P0-HE
On some tracks (classical music, brickwall compressed rock, heavily mastered pop) nothing could be noticed (but the signals are simpler).
Yes, I can. I can even here a difference between CD quality and Hi-Res. The jump from MP3 and lossless is bigger in terms of quality however. It’s the artifacts in MP3 that I here. Once I heard it, I couldn’t unhere it. OPUS, AAC 320, and AC3 are the only lossy codecs I can stand listening to. I used to listen to CD’s as a teen and thought they sounded better than the 256 AAC rips I did in iTunes. Later on I realized it wasn’t just my imagination.
I’m by no means an audiophile, or a music nerd. I enabled lossless on Spotify, plugged in my headset to my laptop via usb-c, picked a random song I’ve listened to a lot, and I heard details in the song, that I’ve never heard before. Excitedly picked another song I knew well and I could not hear any difference at all.
But since then, I’m always connecting my headset to my laptop via cable instead if Bluetooth, and have the settings set to lossless. I feel like I get less “tired” or saturated by the music, when I it’s on lossless
320 sounds ‘flat’ or lacking depth. It also has a very treble ‘noise’ to it. Anything lower sounds like tin. Flac sounds rich, with depth, and ‘full’.
Maybe. Most people, including myself, use some brand of wireless buds, lossless is irrelevant. Convenience > high quality when you want entertainment.
I have 450k mp3s in 320k, I can’t hear the difference even on nicer bose and audio technica headsets. Most people couldn’t pass a quiz to pick the 320k vs 128k.
The only way I can tell is with sub-bass and “airiness”, so old pre-brostep dubstep will sound muddier like the lowest notes are smeared & the reverb sounds off, 95%+ of music I’d never hear the difference cos it’s more midrange focused and more heavily compressed even on the effects after mastering.
I’m explicitly avoiding FLAC and high-end speakers to preserve my ears’ naivety.
Yup. I have this “gift”. Now get me a mortgage, I need another HDD.
I can’t tell the difference in anything above 192Kbps, and even if I could I’m usually listening to music in my car anyways, so it’s a moot point.
It’s depends on what the speaker is for me. Coming out of the car speakers, probably not. Coming out of good headphones, yes most definitely.
I have tested it and the highest quality mp3 sounds much more like a cd and low quality sounds like a radio station broadcast
Neither compare to a vinyl on a good system. It’s like the difference of seeing a picture vs being in the presence of a great view
Vinyl records only really sound good because they tend to use more dynamic masters for them. I wish we could have good masters on CD as well.
thats utter nonsense
Dark Side of the Moon has been ultra remastered even DVD audio
it still does not sound as good as an original pressing of the vinyl
As I said the quality of the master is the most important. I have a CD from 1985, the SACD, and an original Stereo LP. I can’t decide if I prefer the early CD press or the original LP. Both are similar in dynamics. I haven’t heard a remaster of it I liked. Most modern remasters suck imo.
Edit: If you want to hear digital audio at it’s best get yourself an original CD copy of Dire Straits Brothers in Arms. One of the best sounding and most dynamic ecordings i’ve ever heard. It destroys the LP.
I found once I hit 192kbits I couldnt tell any difference between it and any higher quality. Altho that is from testing over 15+ years ago, so probably not valid anymore but minor details.
Similar to when YouTube first started doing 50/60 FPS videos. I could easily tell when something was either 50 or 60fps. Now not so much.
