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[โ€“] aleph@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hi-resolution audio, especially for streaming. The general idea is that listening to digital audio files that have a greater bit depth and sample rate than CD (24-bit/192Khz vs 16-bit/44.1 KHz) translates to better-sounding audio, but in practice that isn't the case.

For a detailed breakdown as to why, there's a great explanation here. But in summary, the format for CDs was so chosen because it covers enough depth and range to cover the full spectrum of human hearing.

So while "hi-res" audio does contain a lot more information (which, incidentally, means it uses up significantly more data/storage space and costs more money), our ears aren't capable of hearing it in the first place. Certain people may try to argue otherwise based on their own subjective experience, but to that I say "the placebo effect is a helluva drug."

[โ€“] FalseMyrmidon@kbin.run 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Conversely low res audio clearly sounds like trash.

[โ€“] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Up to a certain point, yes. >192k AAC / OGG / Opus sounds just as good as FLAC in a blind test, though. Even with good equipment.

[โ€“] FalseMyrmidon@kbin.run 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm thinking of circa 2000 MP3s. 128k was the good stuff and lower was still common.

[โ€“] bob_lemon@feddit.de 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Back when a 4 minute song was like 1.5MB so you could fit more music on your 256MB mp3 player because you could not afford an iPod.