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frankotero
Even with bad hearing I can hear differences with lower quality MP3. But also there's equally bad quality with some lossless recordings (distortion). Any way I look at it I really wish the loudness war never happened. Used to be easy, if it was too loud turn it down, or up if it was to low.
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frankotero
Even with bad hearing, I can hear differences with lower-quality MP3s. But also, there’s equally bad quality with some lossless recordings (distortion). Any way I look at it, I wish the loudness war never happened. It used to be easy: if it was too loud, turn it down or up if it was too low.
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exilestones
mp3 - yes - there’s a big difference. Listen to the cymbals.
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CaptainAcid
I got 100% correct
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JMARCOU
The best is live PIT A OR B
Should this topic be in Tell Me?
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gimme_shelter
High-end anyways.
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mm2053
It is not only about whether you can tell the difference. Your brain is constantly working to process the sound it receives, and it has to work harder the poorer the sound quality. It cleans up noise and distortion and adds missing tones based on overtones etc. This effort accumulates fatigue and after a while of listening to lower quality sound you become tired, irritated or even get headaches, even though it all "sounded" OK. That's why you can't listen too long to distorted sound, and conversely, why we can listen to very loud sound on good equipment without getting annoyed.