@h_schreiber If you believe in Pono’s claims about music quality, I have some gold-plated USB cables you might be interested in
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@stilkov I believe that high res lossless audio formats do make a difference. Feel free to keep your gold.
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@h_schreiber You’re the expert, but I believe you’ll be hard-pressed to debunk people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/de…
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@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.
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@h_schreiber I don’t think it states that clearly at all :-)
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@stilkov "Lossless formats like FLAC avoid any possibility of damaging audio fidelity with a poor quality lossy encoder, […]"
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Replying to @h_schreiber
@h_schreiber Yes, I made sure to re-read the parts mentioning lossless. Still unconvinced it matters today.

Apr 15, 2014 · 9:22 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov As long as I still listen to music using the default iPhone headphones it's clearly is not relevant to me personally…
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@h_schreiber Exactly! Or probably any other piece of audio equipment you and I are ever going to buy