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Old 2012-10-04, 20:11   Link #96
DonQuigleone
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 35
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Originally Posted by hyl View Post
As an audiophile who owns and uses headphone amp , multiple expensive headphones and even owns high tier "portable" sources like the hifiman hm-801, I beg to differ that you can't hear the difference between wav and mp3 files. Even mp3 files ripped at 320kbps have noticable differences over lossless files for me.
I can assure you, if you did a double blind test, you wouldn't be able to tell. You just think you can tell. Don't believe me, do it yourself. The results are here.

There has been other experiments performed
. In that experiment people cannot tell the difference between standard CD audio and "high definition" audio.

Generally, most expensive audiophile stuff is a load of snake oil. Particularly the cables...
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