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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud (www.tomshardware.com)
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[โ€“] SanctimoniousApe@piefed.social 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

128kbps files are roughly 90% compression from raw, so not comparable. I'll admit that I haven't bothered with FLAC much, but in my limited experience it generally is pretty rare to see much above 50-55% compression from raw.

[โ€“] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Thing is, storage isn't at a premium anymore, so there's no reason not to use lossless even if you can't hear the difference.