kiteki
aka Theta Alpha 1
aka Alpha Zeta 5
aka Alpha Zeta 6
aka Nanocat Systems
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I agree enjoying music and the quality of the sound is different, my pursuit of Hi-Fi and my pursuit of enjoying music are seperate, I don't go to a club or a venue or a concert based on what kind of speakers they are using
On the other hand, If I buy a classical CD and play it via my cd player -> amp -> headphones, I'll enjoy that experience much more than if I downloaded that cd as mp3's and played it via laptop -> headphones, this is purely on a sound quality basis.
If I was in the lossy school of thought and said stuff like "CD's are pointless and expensive, mp3's sound the same" and didn't own my CD player or amp since I thought it was a garbage investment, then I'd really be missing out an enjoyable hi-fi sound, and the temptation of a higher one, like buying an SACD player.
In summary I guess the point I'm trying to convey is there is lossy VS lossless with A-B comparison of SQ, and then there is lossy thinking VS lossless thinking, and then there is the pursuit of music and the pursuit of Hi-Fi.
In the pursuit of music lossy is fantastic, internet radio and last.fm can keep streaming in 128kbps until Sierra Lione has unlimited fiber optic internet. In the pursuit of portable Hi-Fi I am looking for the highest quality sound available, which happens to be flac, ape, wav, wma, lossless aac, alac, etc. However is someone released a portable SACD player I'd buy it.