@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 Anyway, I don’t really mind people buying lossless because they want to be sure. 24bit sampling seems just bullshit, though.

Apr 15, 2014 · 9:23 AM UTC

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@h_schreiber Am I’m 100% convinced (and willing to bet money) no-one is able to distinguish modern var-rate AAC from CD quality by listening
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@stilkov Imagine a quiet recording, using only the lower 4 bits of 16. Are you convinced it's as detailed as one using 12 bits out of 24?
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