Apple of my ear: The iPhone 7’s missed audio opportunity (opens in new tab)

(recode.net)

3 pointsmarkmassie9y ago2 comments

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> so there’s no longer a really viable technical reason to stick with compressed audio

That's a pretty big stretch. Lossless is great for people who care about it, but I don't think it needs to be the standard. Quite a lot of people to this day have pretty terrible network connections, even in the US.

mastermojo9y ago

After playing around with a bunch of different websites, I've concluded I can't tell that much difference between low and high bitrate mp3 audio. The difference between good and bad headphones is obvious to me, but bitrate is not.

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jacobmischka9y ago

> so there’s no longer a really viable technical reason to stick with compressed audio

mastermojo9y ago

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