You got a bad ass turntable hi-fi!!! Congratulations! I'll have to tell my brother to look for one of those....he has a bunch of 78s he's never been able to play.

you said "most". that's incorrect from what I see.

They do?

I myself don't care that if my audio files are perfect, because my ears aren't. Perfect audio would be wasted on them. I'm 55 and my high frequency hearing is pretty much nonexistent. So 160kb AAC files sound identical to FLAC's for me. I've done hundreds of ABX tests and never got close to...

are there straight lines in space?

Maybe it's just me, but a boat like that seems a really risky and kind of stupid location for a recording studio filled with expensive equipment.

And the earth seems flat to me, so it must be. And I can't see bacteria, so they must not exist. Just trust your eyes! And humans can't hear frequencies above 22kHz, so they don't exist. Just trust your ears, buddy!!

I bought some Edifiers last year (cost about $150). Returned them and got Klipsch Pro Media 2.1's. HUGE improvement. Better sound, subwoofer, and about three times the volume of the Edifiers. Oh, and I got the Klipsch on sale at Walmart for $89. I'm buying a second set the next time they go on...

Yes. It's like learning that a penny will fall from a tower at the same rate as a cannonball. Or that the earth is not flat. Or that light is both a wave and a particle.

All resistance to controlled testing is because they know what a fair test would reveal and they don’t want to admit it.

Exactly. I have extremely broad music tastes, and a vast library. Lossy is the way to go for me. ESPECIALLY because there is no audible difference.

I know I don't. I've had Android phones and iPhones and definitely prefer Android.

Not everyone has your gear.

In a couple of decades, maybe. But the fact that Bluetooth headphones have to be charged adds another pain. I have a nice pair of Bluetooth headphones, but rarely use them because my wired headphones never need to be charged and are always ready to go. I get very annoyed when I pick up my...

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who the hell would buy a phone without a dedicated headphone jack? :yum:

aha. well that probably makes sense for you and a lot of other people. Unfortunately, my phone is several years old and the battery doesn't last a long time even when fully charged. So I try to minimize draining it. If I get a new phone I might buy one of those portable batteries. But my phone...

and what would you do with that battery? I'm not going to be doing this every time my battery is depleted:

Not necessarily. I don't like to use my phone for listening to music when I'm out and about, as it uses up battery life. I prefer to play music on one of my DAPs. And also, my DAP's are smaller and lighter weight than my phone, so I prefer them when I'm exercising. Further, not all phones have...

But most people, probably 98% or more, can't hear a difference.

well, as far as I know, there are no better headphones under $100, so it should just keep getting longer! :)

This is me. As long as my music sounds really good, I'm totally fine with it. I do not obsess over getting better sound, or the best sound. Really good is good enough for me.

I was at DollarTree the other day and noticed they have really nice-looking headphones for $5. They look like Beats...but obviously are probably going to sound like crap... But I wondered if maybe it might make sense to buy a set and put some KSC-75's in them. I've done the PartsExpress...

Exactly. The lossless fanboys and high-res fanboys are terrified of ABX testing because they secretly know they would fail to distinguish those files from a 246kb aac. I have an audiophile brother who spends huge amounts of money on equipment and high-res files....but won't do an ABX test. And...

Eddy Cue is Apple’s senior vice president of services and the person who oversees Apple Music. He didn’t mince words when he told Billboard that the sudden proliferation of lossless audio isn’t going to significantly evolve or change how we listen to music. “There’s no question it’s not going to...