@h_schreiber If you believe in Pono’s claims about music quality, I have some gold-plated USB cables you might be interested in
2
@stilkov I believe that high res lossless audio formats do make a difference. Feel free to keep your gold.
1
@h_schreiber You’re the expert, but I believe you’ll be hard-pressed to debunk people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/de…
1
@stilkov It clearly states that lossless formats are the way to go. High sampling rates are unnecessary, but I still doubt the 16 bit claim.
1
Replying to @h_schreiber
@h_schreiber I don’t think it states that clearly at all :-)

Apr 15, 2014 · 9:13 AM UTC

2
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov "Lossless formats like FLAC avoid any possibility of damaging audio fidelity with a poor quality lossy encoder, […]"
2
@h_schreiber Yes, I made sure to re-read the parts mentioning lossless. Still unconvinced it matters today.
1
more replies
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov "AAC has an even longer history of widely-deployed, low-quality encoders; all mainstream lossy formats do."