coconutbrown123 t1_j9u874l wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Reply to comment by ultra_prescriptivist in Having a hard time differentiating between Spotify and tidal hi-fi by Not-Icarus

You can belive me or not but I swear I hear a difference between quality not just volume

ultra_prescriptivist t1_j9u8tdm wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:31 PM

That's what everyone says until they try an actual blind test - myself included!

The placebo effect is a hell of a drug.

coconutbrown123 t1_j9u96ip wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:33 PM

I'll try to do that see if it all is a lie

ultra_prescriptivist t1_j9u9n7p wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:36 PM

That's the spirit!

Let me know how you get on.

P.S. if you manage it - don't forget to save your ABX log as proof!

Zephyr096 t1_j9uuaqr wrote on February 24, 2023 at 6:47 PM

I went to audio school and have done blind testing.

When I'm regularly keeping up with ear training exercises I can usually tell the difference between 128kbps and lossless with near-perfect accuracy, but 320kbps vs lossless I'm basically guessing. I still leave my projects and bounces at either 96/24 or 48/24, and all my downloaded music is in .flac or .wav, but I also am a pretty firm believer that unless you're actively training to hear the difference and using a very high quality setup the difference is negligible.