^Have you ever tried blindtesting flac vs mp3 320/aac256? I think you’d be surprised what you learn.
Up until now I have never witnessed anyone being able to distinguish between the two….without cheating that is.
There are quite a few free ABX plug-ins out there. Foobar2000 has one I believe.
Just remember to use the same file/master as well as volume matching the two before start.
Let’s get this myth buried via proper blindtesting.
I have tested; no issue identifying 320 kbps mp3 against loseless WAV.
Specially in classical music, is surprising how different they sound or perhaps is because I’m very perceptive in harmonics of instruments I know well or I play (piano, I last less than 5 or 6 seconds on guessing the CD quality track on the test, that was a Mozart piano concerto by Murray Perahia).
In rock and voices, more difficult but I finally guessed other 3 tracks.
The only I failed in the test was techno music, I think because I lack on references or perhaps because I never listen to that kind of music.
Test was online, volume equalized and 3 formats per track: low quality mp3 (120 kbps if I remember well), 320 kbps mp3 and finally WAV original file.
But I’m not stating that the file encoding is the only difference, but as the author of the post I was answering, I finally cannot avoid going to cabled transmission again and again. In my case without buying more IEMs, my old Earpods work perfectly fine to me.
More quality and cheaper, the only inconvenient of IEMs is the weight of my phone in the pocket and a little disturbed by cables in some occasions.
