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Apr 25, 2024
FWIW, If you know you're going into lossless, you know you're getting the right sound which removes the guess work. That has value. The next logical question beyond that is: Can you tell when you listen to it compressed after hearing what it's supposed to sound like? If not, then you're wasting your money on lossless.
You sound like a genuine audiophile that takes great satisfaction in the type of critical listening that is a treasure hunt for minute differences and the discovery of the "true" sound. That's not a knock, by the way, I respect that. I'm a natural skeptic, and pretty rigorous about testing things. I vouch that it is absolutely possible to tell the difference between file types because in careful listening I can consistently identify them above chance on a pretty large sample of blind tests (think something like 40% right where chance would be 20%). But I also can conclude that, for me, the effort it takes to get those results don't justify me going lossless, and instead decide that I want to spend my money collecting different headphone sounds. Others may decide they want to try to train their ears to better hear the differences (which your method above would be great for). To each his own.
A lot of people new to the world of audio are unintentionally misled because they hear hardcore audiophiles talk about minute differences as if they are great chasms. It's like an amateur golfer listening to PGA pros complain about a shot that would be once in a lifetime for the amateur, without realizing that the pros' are judging on an entirely different level. As a result, they either leave the hobby in bewilderment or needlessly spend a lot of money thinking they are hunting something obvious, when it's really very fine distinctions. I think a lot of people can benefit from the type of a-ha moment that tests like these can deliver.
I do take my time to critically listen and find out what a track is supposed to sound like and rather enjoy the hobby when I have time for it. That being said, I spend probably 80% of my listening time on Spotify extreme. When I find an album or artist that I thoroughly enjoy there, its lossless time. I know they don't make money on Spotify, so I feel obligated to contribute by purchasing an album or two from them via hdtracks or buying spinning plastic. Then I get to do the critical listening on it and I can't listen to it on Spotify anymore because so much is missing. When I'm just drive-by hearing though, 320kbps is satisfactory for me.
I completely agree on the statement about the supposed GIGANTIC leaps in quality going from lossless to lossy amongst the elitist audiophiles of the world. Until I've really been able to put in the leg work on an album, Spotify is just fine and not missing so much that it completely loses all value imo. I suppose that's where I'm more of a music lover than an audiophile though.