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wagninger t1_jcqgmsq wrote

YouTube does less compression, it is actually one of the most dynamic non-lossless „music streaming services“. That might influence staging, Spotify also uses a codec that is less good at stereo imaging. Sorry that I don’t have specific sources for this, for the first part I heard it on the mastering podcast with Ian Shepherd, the second part I remember from my audio technician training.

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