Audiophile or Audio-Fooled? How Good Are Your Ears?

In this video, we explore the differences between MP3s, WAV, FLAC (lossless), AAC and whether you can tell the difference? or if it even matters? Discussion on mixing, listening, monitors and audion file formats.

Listening test:

Mastering Modes of the Major Scale Video Course:

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[firecloud]

As a speaker builder I can say that the audible difference between various SPEAKERS is MUCH greater than the audible difference between lossy and lossless audio files.

[lrmcatspaw]

I got 6 out of 6 cus I figured that if you cycle very fast between the songs, the one that takes the longest to load is the uncompressed song :D.

[dougg]

I like vinyl because the art is bigger.

[dperry]

I loved Steve Guttenerg’s definition of an audiophile...”An audiophile is someone who listens to music without multitasking”. Just listen!

[bwdnz]

I like vinyl because of the expense and the inconvenience.

[ThFnz]

I can’t remember who said "Musicians use their stereo to listen to music. Audiophiles use music to listen to their stereo."

[localizer]

"So much in listening is based on what you train your ears to hear" - that is the pinnacle thought!

[robburgess]

As a 52 year old drummer/live sound tech I know my hearing has been compromised. As much as I love hi rez audio I'd happily trade all the hi rez in the world for music that has dynamics again.

[joqo]

I got all of them,
My secret: very bad internet speed

[nealjones]

I have tinnitus. Everything sounds like crap

[siggidori]

I remember making that same "mistake" with the Coldplay song / files first when I took this test. The lossy files (or was it only the 128 kbps one...) had actually removed some burned in (clipping) distortion (mostly in the high frequencies) that were present in the WAV file. So judging it better was kind of obvious the first time around.

[daniloberserk]

I can spot differences between 128kbps and 320kbps most of time. But 320kbps and .wav sounds the same for me..

[DJ_PROMO_PR]

"I can't tell the difference between an 320MP3 and a FLAC file, yet I paid $10, 000 for a 10ft speaker cable." -Audiophiles

[MagicPeaceLove]

Late to the party here. Hard to tell the 320 from the uncompressed but there's a big difference between those and the 128s. It's not just the sonic range, it's more the way they communicate the ambience of rooms, the timbre of voices and instruments...all these make the experience more immersive, whether people are aware of them or not. When I'm listening to a song I love and I get distracted, it's usually because the playback quality is in some way degraded or subtly dissonant.

[pmv]

I love the conclusion. Ultimately music pleasure comes fro feeling it rather than being a purely physical matter. Let’s not forget that Beethoven composed most of his best music when virtually deaf. I bet he enjoyed listening to it

[floydandrews]

I still play CDs. When CDs are outlawed, only outlaws will have CDs!

[dolores]

We spend so much effort to make a song sound good and then people listen to it on their phone.

[Kyun]

I took the test, got it all right.
The slowest loading one always had the best quality. heh

[rodionevseev]

I guess I can hear 20k (I can say that 18k I hear 100%), but in music, I can’t hear difference between 320 and flac. 128 and 320 - yes, sometimes music lost “air” and “freshness” in high and punch on bass and kicks. Main question is - it’s worth it? If you really hear difference in blind test and you ready to spend money for this - it’s for you. Once my friend can’t hear difference between Gibson Custom Shop and Chinese copy, but still want to have original. When I asked him:”maybe, you just want to know, that you guitar is expensive and see the Gibson logo on a headstock?” He said:”yes, it’s just warm my soul”. Be honest for yourself.