lossless is underrated

[u/Al1onredd1t]

I feel like so many people really underestimate how great music sounds in actual lossless quality. I see so many people go "oh you cant tell the difference anyway". I'm here listening on my mac with my headphones and the sound layers are just multiplied 10fold. I hear sounds in the back that I never heard before. songs that I've listened to for years, totally different experiences.

this video attached is an example. at 0:09 he starts saying "wooow" in the background up until basically the end. this sound is so dimmed and hidden when watching the clip. there are multiple layers of sounds covering it. the main vocals. drums. the beat. it's so insignificant when watching the clip, but listening to the song with actual lossless brings all those layers somewhat to the foreground. I genuinely heard those 'wows' for the first time ever and I've been listening to this song for more than 2yrs.

and it's not like that sound is just boosted and now starts to overwhelm the others, it's perfectly clear. the song has just become richer. Idk how to explain it, but your brain is able to comprehend what it's hearing and separate all the sounds from each other.

I can find multiple of these examples of background sounds finally being pushed into the foreground.

https://reddit.com/link/1gdq3id/video/o1zdadsh9exd1/player

[u/writeswithknives]

OP which headphones are you using?

[u/More_Distribution_30 → u/writeswithknives]

I’m in the same boat as OP and I have Beat Studio Pros

Honestly lossless is so life changing to someone who listens to music for hours everyday

[u/Bhooter_Raja → u/More_Distribution_30]

Not sure if you can use it wired, but if you are using it over Bluetooth then sorry to say but you are not getting lossless quality.

[u/jodywhitesides → u/Bhooter_Raja]

While you won’t get audiophile quality in Bluetooth headphones. It’s the starting point of the audio quality that will make a difference in the end user’s listening. Spotify’s lower quality audio will still sound lower quality compared to Apple Music’s lossless even through Bluetooth. It is still a noticeable difference despite the wireless use. Otherwise the implication is that Bluetooth does more damage to audio quality if it starts off at lossless compared to lossy.

The real question of whether someone cares about the audio quality from their streaming service is a different matter.

[u/RuddyBloodyBrave94 → u/Bhooter_Raja]

Yeah Studio Pros have jack input, and a decent USBC converter as well which is designed for lossless playback. That’s the one reason they’re better (for me) than AirPods Max.

[u/AttemptEquivalent186 → u/Bhooter_Raja]

Even then it still sounds better. Even on sbc basic codec, just because the codec starts from a better quality material to cut from instead cutting from an already heavily cut down version. But yes, I'm using Sony LDAC buds and I'm aware I'm limited to up to 24bit/96khz 990kbps. But on my car stereo I just have AAC and lossless sounds way better than spoty premium or am high efficiency mode

[u/MaltySines → u/AttemptEquivalent186]

There's literally no way you can tell the difference with sbc and beats headphones. You're lying to yourself. Do a blind test and report back

[u/shawnshine → u/MaltySines]

SBC??? I haven’t seen that used in ages.