cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/726542

I have ~100 users downloaded ~1000 of my files in the last week alone. Music piracy is still alive and kicking. I encourage everyone to download and install SoulseekQT/Nicotine+/Seeker-Android and share whatever kind of music you have for everybody to download. Let’s bring back music piracy!

  • Reborn Ash@lemdit.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Is there something wrong with my ear that I can’t distinguish between music quality levels?

    • ApplePie@beehaw.orgEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Not at all. For a lot of people, hi-fi audio is basically indistinguishable from “regular” audio, and you also need things like a DAC and good headphones to hear it. Bluetooth, as an example, can’t even play hi-fi audio at its full quality.

        • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          There is definitely something wrong with your ears if you can’t differentiate between lossless and low quality YouTube rips.

            • Reborn Ash@lemdit.comEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Just, what do I have to pay attention for? It doesn’t seem like the audio has chirps, or noise (at least, disturbing one) usually. So, I don’t really get it.

              • DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                There are a few key things that you’d notice between high quality and very low quality audio. Mostly, a loss of information, which would result in a muffled audio, a lack of crispy sounds and a loss of general clarity, as well as unpleasant distortion and other made-up noise at worst.

                For 99.9% of people, it’s not really an mp3 vs wav/aiff comparison, but rather a kbps comparison. High quality mp3 (320kbps) is usually indistinguishable from lossless formats for most people.

                For a good reasonable idea, compare 128kbps vs 320kbps at the bottom of this page and pay attention to the cymbals and other high-pitched sounds. You should notice that 128kbps sounds a bit more opaque, like it loses a lot of its spark, whereas 320 sounds crisp and clearer.

                That being said, it’s not a huge difference unless you go below 128, and there’s no point in listening to wav and lossless files if you use Bluetooth, since Bluetooth hard-caps all your rates at 320kbps anyway. But I think it’s fairly noticeable anyway.

                • Reborn Ash@lemdit.comEnglish
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  yeah, ok, now this makes a lot more sense! I felt how the 128 had more snappy sounds, unlike the softer ones of 320 (think: the sound itself seems sharp in 128, unlike 320 and wav). you especially notice this around the 15 seconds mark (from 15:22 I believe).

                  But, yeah, it’s not very huge unless you go below 128 as you mentioned. Thanks for taking the time to write this!