binkle on Nostr: I am still :ablobcatsweatsip: ing eh not in my opinion. lossless is useful generally ...

I am still :ablobcatsweatsip: ing (npub1y6t…9wl9) eh not in my opinion. lossless is useful generally as a method of preservation but not especially for normal listening. Your standard equipment won't really be capable of exploiting any differences in the overall quality, even if you do have the right gear the differences will shrink over time with natural hearing loss as you age, and even if you're young enough to hear the differences and have the right gear it's debatable whether you'll really notice and then further whether it's worth it.

much of what people rave about with lossless formats comes down to a combination of placebo, as well as upgrading their gear such that they don't have massive device-based EQing going on