• aleph@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Presumably it was using an older/outdated codec then. With modern encoders, especially with codecs like Opus, Ogg, and Apple’s AAC, the vast majority of listeners find 128kbps to be transparent, and certainly nowhere near night-and-day when compared to lossless.

    Check out the results of this public listening test here:

    https://listening-test.coresv.net/results.htm