Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• moody@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Most people can’t tell the difference between 128 kbit MP3 and high quality recordings.

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  • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    most people

    Many people are ok with hearing music out of a phone speaker. Audiophiles don’t necessarily care about how “most people” perceive sound quality.

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    • fuzzzerd@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Why is it the people that are ok listening to music out of a phone speaker are also the people ok polluting public spaces with music from phone speakers?

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Because they are dumb assholes? I grew up around folks who jury rigged speakers into the back of their trucks for camping and the worst they got was blaring freebird on the highway, it used to take work to be that guy now someone can just play some obnoxious trash in the restaurant with no work whatsoever.

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That was my point. The comment I was replying to was suggesting that people switching from Spotify will be blown away by better quality audio. Most wouldn’t notice a difference.

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  • Waffle@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Idk man. Show someone some cymbals on a 128kbps track and it sounds like someone crumpling a plastic bag via a tin can connected to a string. In contrast flac is going to sound much more natural.

    I’d agree with you regarding 320 and flac - most people are gonna have a hard time differentiating.

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    • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      most people are gonna have a hard time differentiating.

      With the usual psychoacoustic model of MP3 if you can hear the difference between 320 MP3 and FLAC you are either lying or there’s something wrong with your speakers. It’s certain with long odds.

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  • SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    i didn’t care about just grabbing the 720p 600mb video file back when i was watching on a little laptop screen.

    it does not hold up on the big stuff.

    kinda same applies to audio?

    crap sounds like crap on a phone speaker, but so does hi quality stuff.

    noise and low dynamics are more noticeable on more powerful, louder gear.

    just spitballing here, not an expert!

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Can’t confirm, I can’t tell.

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  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How about 48 kbit MP3? And more than that, for plenty of recordings that’s sufficient.

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• dunz@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Spotify uses vorbis if I’m not mistaken, not mp3. Mp3 sounds like absolute ass, even at 320.

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