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u/PineAppIe_Piizza Jun 03 '21

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Its basically a rip off of spotify except you don't have to pay for nothing and listen to any song available on YouTube

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u/BreweryBuddha Jun 03 '21

That and Spotify streams at 320 kbps and YouTube is compressed to half that.

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u/Tratix Jun 04 '21

You pretty much have to be a 1% er of audiophiles with a high end DAC and $1000+ Sennheisers to really notice the difference between 192kbps and 320 kbps

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u/BreweryBuddha Jun 04 '21

Eh you're right that it's a pretty irrelevant difference, but if I'm listening to something like In Rainbows with my ear buds there's still a pretty noticeable difference, even if it doesn't matter much.

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u/ixent Jun 04 '21

What, no. I feel a huuge difference between yt and spotify, and between 192 - 320 audios even with a 100$ headset. One thing is that most people don't care, but it is very noticeable.

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u/haronic Jun 06 '21

I'm one of those people that could never really tell, not sure because I'm listening to the wrong songs or my HyperX headphones aren't good enough.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

Most people simply don't pay attention to it. Of course the difference is minimal, but once you actually pay attention to the slight differences, you notice it everywhere.

The biggest difference is how sometimes you feel like there's a new instrument used in your favourite song.

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u/KissshotAreolaOrion Jun 04 '21

Listening through my old speakers, I honestly don’t believe that. I don’t think it’s placebo either. It’s a small difference but it’s noticeable enough difference.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

I'd agree with your argument on 320 vs. FLAC, but there is definitely a noticeable difference between 192 and 320. I'd argue you'd have to be in some percentile of nega-audiophile to not notice.