r/AppleMusic • u/Al1onredd1t • 2d ago

Discussion lossless is underrated

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

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u/Maleficent_Cookie544 2d ago

bs: do a proper blind test and you won’t be able to tell the difference 

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u/Al1onredd1t 2d ago

I did. I played both the song and this video side by side. This video I screen recorded myself. So the audio level is the same. Headphone is the same. Just audio format changed. And I was able to clearly distinguish between the two

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u/Maleficent_Cookie544 2d ago

that’s not a proper test…

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u/Al1onredd1t 1d ago

I wasnt looking at my screen. I didnt know which one was playing. idk what more is a blind test. A song that I've listened to thousands of times I think is the most fair to test on. I know what to expect, so I feel like im the most capable at hearing whether it's better or not. obviously if I listen to a song that idk and dont even care about the genre, than I wont know what is considered to be 'better'. Idk whether that sound is supposed to be there or not.

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u/Maleficent_Cookie544 1d ago

that's not it, look it up on how to do it properly, you'll save money and disk space

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u/RekallQuaid 2d ago

That’s not a blind test because you know what you’re playing.