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[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (8 children)

why all this fuss about lossless audio? Spotify premium is literally indistinguishable from lossless audio for 99.9% of the population and songs (because not all songs will be lossless or are even mastered in a way that makes a difference). granted if...

  • you have the right hardware
  • you have the ear trained to hear compression
  • you picked a song that has audible compression artifacts however small they may be
  • you are in a quiet room
  • you are actively looking for compression artifacts

you may hear a difference. if you think otherwise, then do a lossy vs lossless blind test and be impressed that you actually cannot hear the difference most of the time (especially without actively looking for the artifacts)

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I agree that the vast majority of people will not be able to distinguish one from another, but the company is the biggest streaming service and they’re behind their competitors in this aspect. They also have been promising this for years and not delivering.

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