My experience is that there's a wide range of opinion on audio quality - everything from "there's absolutely no difference" to "the difference is like night and day". It's quite astonishing, and potentially confusing and frustrating. I think you really have to listen and judge for yourself.
My experience is that there's a wide range of opinion on audio quality - everything from "there's absolutely no difference" to "the difference is like night and day". It's quite astonishing, and potentially confusing and frustrating. I think you really have to listen and judge for yourself.
that "no difference" line always feels like someone claiming a £99 apollo is as good a bike as anyone needs. Not that there's not a huge amount of BS amongst hi-fi types but a good system really does make the records come alive 😉
EDIT: I currently have only a portable DAB radio and it's driving me nuts
that "no difference" line always feels like someone claiming a £99 apollo is as good a bike as anyone needs. Not that there's not a huge amount of BS amongst hi-fi types but a good system really does make the records come alive
I have a sweet hi-fi, Objectivedac and O2 Headphone amp driving Sony MDR-V6 and AKG K-550. A 320kbps file sounds just as sweet as lossless. I have done the ABX test double blind on many people who where curious and none could tell any difference. I hate it when people moan about kidz today and their cr*ppy mp3s. The whole point of the mp3 codec is it removes audio data from the file which our brains/ears are literally unable to hear/process.
This music thing sounds interesting. What types are there?
The whole point of the mp3 codec is it removes audio data from the file which our brains/ears are literally unable to hear/process.
yeah but the feel of the unhearable is the best bit, just knowing that your hifi is playing sounds you can't here should give any self respecting hifi nut a stirring in the trouser department. What directional digital cable for sounds you can't hear?
It's a transcendent process; one minute I was listening via my arcam HiFi etc and the next I couldn't abide owning cluttering-up CDs and material objects.
The point is - as with netflix the whole arena is changing and that is changing our habits. The quality will always be improving too.
I watch and listen to way more stuff now and no longer have to buy a CD that I only listen to once because it's a dud.
I do like a good quality music system and viewing set up but I find the delivery of both the likes of Netflix and play music has oppened up the range of what I experience. Bluetooth streaming is also the icing on the cake for in the car, headphones and a decent home set-up (there are good BT speakers out there but you have to pay.)
I got lost in the HiFi world analysing quality without being into the music, this is quite the opposite
