Not to be that guy, but have you considered switching to Linux?
I recently installed Nobara on my ten-year-old gaming PC (i5 4690, 16GB RAM), stuck an RX6700 XT in it and she runs like a beaut.
I dunno, is this community generally like this? It's quite odd how people are dunking on me for just pointing out basic media literacy.
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From some outlets, certainly, however I'm talking about corroborating evidence from NGOs and humanitarian aid sources, which usually condemn confirmed attacks against civilians in Gaza. Here's one such example, regarding the attacks on the aid trucks on Feb 29th.
I see no such reports for this alleged attack, however.
Literally the only difference between 16 bit and 24 bit is that the latter has a lower noise floor, which is really only useful for sound production - It doesn't translate to any increase in meaningful detail or dynamic range when dealing with playback.
16-bit was chosen as the defacto standard for CDs and digital music precisely because it contains more than enough dynamic range for human hearing.
Any difference your gf hears is due to the placebo effect rather than any inherent difference in the actual audio.
But 24-bit audio is useless for playback. The difference is literally inaudible. In fact, the application of dynamic range compression during the mixing/mastering process has a far greater impact on perceptible audio quality than sample rate or bitrate does (the placebo effect notwithstanding).
If you care about audio quality, seek out album masters and music that is well-recorded and not dynamically crushed to oblivion. The bitrate isn't really all that important, in the greater scheme of things.
Sure, but even 300% of a tiny amount is still a tiny amount. People shouldn't be kidding themselves that Tidal pays artists well when the compensation is still significantly less than if you buy an artist's music directly.
The best approach is to use both - streaming for discovery and online stores for when you find an artists you really like and want to support them financially.
They still don't pay the artists all that much. No streaming services do.
If you genuinely want to support artists financially, you should buy their music outright through online stores like Bandcamp or Qobuz.
Why does it have to act like an external USB audio device? Can't you just use a standard AUX cable > headphone jack instead?