• 6 years ago
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    I'm really bothered that mp3 has lived for so long. Why isn't lossless the standard yet? Hasn't this format been long outdated? Even streaming music sounds better than an officially sold 320kbps mp3--the exact opposite of how it should be. The offline product should be the cleanest there is. If an mkv has a lower bitrate than Netflix, then it's doing its job wrong. This lossy music compression is sheer cancer, we simply need lossless to become standard; for our ears, if not for our heads.
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    • LizardTaro
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      Editing … Lossless audio is too big and not supported by every MP3 player.
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … Because it ocupies fairly less space while retaining decent quality. If you want the best qualities why don't you just listen to WAV files?
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Because most music isn't sold as WAVs. I can only listen to what's provided. If I could listen to everything in Flac or WAV, then I would. As far as I can tell, even Amazon doesn't offer anything but MP3. As for MP3 Players not supporting it--to me this sounds like arguing against going for CD because some radios only support tape.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … MP3 is a sheerly disgusting format. It should have been succeeded a decade ago.
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … You keep missing the size advantage. Flacs are just too big. I agree that you should have the choice to get FLAC or MP3, but not that MP3 should just disapear completely.
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      Editing … I've got 8+ minute Flacs at only ~50MB, a size that we should be embracing today. In 2005, when MP3 should've been succeeded, a 150GB hard drive was frivolous. Today, 2TB is garden variety. Our thumb sticks can hold more music than a desktop could a decade ago. Our video games are growing, our movies are growing, and our music shouldn't be the one thing left in the dust.
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      Editing … I could stand just a small jump to AAC, I mean, the difference between it and MP3 is still pretty stark. And I mean, YouTube and iTunes already use it, why not? It's still lossy compression, but at least it's not utterly disgusting.
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … I never had a problem with MP3s
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      Editing … The only reason I'm posting is because I like my new avatar
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Plenty of songs don't have issues with MP3. But when I can clearly hear the difference in another format, I just don't want to go back (and then there's the rare song that's actually just sickening to hear in that low quality)
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      Editing … I like Undermeme too
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      Editing … When I got a hearing test after I got tinnitus, after over 10 minutes of testing, I ended up getting a completely perfect score, something they said they only see one or two cases of a month. This is my curse.
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      Editing … If I had all my music as lossless files it would take up my entire hard drive. MP3s are fine for me.
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