![]() ![]() lol I notice a difference, and others have statistically-speaking too. Oh, and there's one exception to what I said above. Your dog might notice a difference lol, but you won't. downsampling them to 16/44.1 (CD-Quality) won't make any AUDIBLE changes to the sound. Again, there's no point at all in keeping a DSD or 24/192 or 24/96 file as is unless you just have a PLETHORA of space lol. Basically you're "future-proofing" your songs by at least backing them up as lossless files. But if they're lossy, they may not sound as good post-conversion. If you've got say, your favorite Hi-Res albums stored as FLAC or ALAC, you can convert these, no problem. Say a new format comes along 3 years from now that somehow makes your music sound better. The advantage is obviously that 1) the smaller the file, the less power is required to play by your player and 2) The smaller the file, the less room it takes! lol Now my backups however I only downsample to CD-Quality FLAC/ALAC, primarily b/c they are lossless and that if I ever want to do anything with them in the future, any conversions I do won't result in potential artifacts and/or distortions, unlike lossy which very well can. It's been proven, and I tried doing an ABX test myself and could NOT tell a difference. Basically, anything over 256 kbps AAC will sound exactly the same as CD-Quality FLAC (to be extra safe, I set them to 320 kbps AAC). However, I take all my Hi-Res music and downsample it to higher grade AAC, which statistically has been proven to sound EXACTLY the same as FLAC/ALAC. I ignore the rest of the minutiae.ĪAC is a LOSSY codec/format, so it does NOT support lossless. If I want to use wireless headphones, then I buy good quality wireless headphones that have a sound signature I like and that have a wireless system that works well (no dropouts, long battery life, no interference issues, etc). I just buy good quality gear that has the features I want to use and then enjoy the music. That's why I don't worry about lossless vs 320 Kbps, ALAC vs FLAC, PCM vs DSD, etc, etc. There's always some golden-eared audiophile that will *say* they hear a difference, and the psychoacoustic effects in your own brain from reading those words might have a more significant effect than any actual science. ![]() Deciding if that amount of lossy compression is audible or significant is a separate question, and to be honest, I don't know the answer - or if there really is an answer. ![]() My point was that if you are using standard AptX (not Aptx-Lossless), then you are using a lossy compression codec, and what is hitting your headphones is no longer lossless sound. ![]()
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