Spotify to launch 'Hi-Fi' CD Quality Tier.

[Pearljam5000]

Because you have no evidence that you are hearing actual differences in the audio rather than perceptual changes due to bias.

No evidence = unfounded.

Well no one can provide me with a sceintific proof that it's impossible to hear the difference

 

[sigbergaudio]

I'm still waiting for the scientific proof that it's humanly impossible to hear the difference between the formats

This is a strawman argument. No one has claimed that.

 

[antcollinet]

I'm still waiting for the scientific proof that it's humanly impossible to hear the difference between the formats

And I'm still waiting for the scientific proof that Russells teapot is not out there somewhere even though I know it is.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Bottom line is I can hear a difference but can't prove it, other don't hear the difference but can't prove that it's impossible
Let's just leave it at that

 

[antcollinet]

Bottom line is I can hear a difference but can't prove it

(My bold)

But you can - relatively easily since you are talking about file formats. You just choose not to.

Lossless blind test

 

[bluefuzz]

People are saying to me it's impossible

No one is saying that it is impossible. Science is about probabilities not proofs. What we are saying is that it is extremely unlikely that there are 'big' (using any commonly accepted meaning of the word) differences between lossless and 320k compressed formats on your specific gear when it has been widely demonstrated that trained listeners have difficulty hearing any difference even when attentive to specific compression artifacts under rigorously controlled conditions.

Yes, it is theoretically 'possible' that you are the one golden-eared boy wonder on the planet that can easily hear these differences but it is far more likely that either you are imagining it, you are lying, or there is something else going on that would account for the difference.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, as the saying goes ...

 

[pablolie]

Sorry
Anyways I can hear a difference even on my tablet

Using the built-in speaker? That is very impressive. :-D

 

[gvl]

I don't think it's scientifically proven no human can tell the difference between 320K and lossless
In that case yeah I'd be imagining things

No, but it’s scientifically proven that all humans can’t tell such difference on a tablet. Your stating the opposite hints at your confusion unless it was a hyperbole.

 

[Pearljam5000]

If there's no difference at all
1. Why does lossless even exist ?
2. Why do Tidal and Qobuz exist ?

 

[gvl]

If there's no difference at all
1. Why does lossless even exist ?
2. Why do Tidal and Qobuz exist ?

Marketing. And there’s a small difference and some trained ears can hear it, just not on a tablet.

 

[bodhi]

If there's no difference at all
1. Why does lossless even exist ?
2. Why do Tidal and Qobuz exist ?

The real question is how can you have gazillion messages here and have not grasped the most basic concepts. And you are even completely unaware of the fact that your arguments are ridiculous.

 

[Joe Smith]

I really wanted Spotify to do this. But I'm not going to pay them significantly more money than I do now for the higher res. To be competitive, this should be a null cost or a minimal upcharge. Because of my wife, we use the Spotify dual user tier, so we can each have our own music and playlists. Otherwise, I'd use Qobuz.

They waited too long and missed the boat, I think.

Now that I have tinnitus, I am less worried about fine gradations in sound quality. Their regular 320 bandwidth sounds just fine with my equipment.

 

[Timcognito]

Because of my wife, we use the Spotify dual user tier, so we can each have our own music and playlists. Otherwise, I'd use Qobuz.

Qobuz has a shared account for two called Duo. One extra person is half price and must reside in the same location.

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

Qobuz has a shared account for two called Duo. One extra person is half price and must reside in the same location.

'must reside in the same location' too bad, it's his wife

 

[Svet Angelov]

This took waayyyyy longer than it should have.

 

[Pearljam5000]

This took waayyyyy longer than it should have.

There's nothing to be excited about because apparently no one can hear the difference between MP3 and lossless

 

[sigbergaudio]

There's nothing to be excited about because apparently no one can hear the difference between MP3 and lossless

There are still no one here who has claimed that. It would be a more constructive discussion if you refrained from strawmen. And I don't quite understand why you are surprised that a subjective experience is taken as just that (as opposed to proof of anything) on this forum?

 

[Pearljam5000]

There are still no one here who has claimed that. It would be a more constructive discussion if you refrained from strawmen. And I don't quite understand why you are surprised that a subjective experience is taken as just that (as opposed to proof of anything) on this forum?

All I was saying was that I hear a difference , that's it, I really don't understand everything that came after that, anyways like I said let's agree to dissagree

 

[gvl]

Now that I have tinnitus

I got mine last Fall, the silver lining it cures you from audiophile worries

 

[Monster]

I got mine last Fall, the silver lining it cures you from audiophile worries

Just play the music louder to drown it out.

I've had my tinnitus for quite a few years now. It actually got me back into listening to music because I got bored with listening to the tinnitus.