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Why in tarnation do people use Spotify? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by superglue_chute115@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I don't understand why people buy these nice and expensive headphones only to use Spotify, arguably the worst quality music streaming service that exists. It sounds so bad compared to Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer, or even Napster. At least you are getting lossless sound with those, it won't be the same as having a ripped flac from a CD but anything is better than the AAC 128/320kbps that Spotify offers. It just bothers me when I see photos of headphones on this sub and then they have Spotify open in the background, I just can't understand!

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[–] sounds_international@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you done blind tests on the sound quality with your equipment?

[–] snake2243@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I have, if your about to refer to that website, I am going to jist say rite now, that website is not the best enviroment for doing a a.b test.

Your windows is getting ahold of the data before it makes to the dac. Makes doing a/b tests harder and more exhausting.

But yes, I have done real a/b tests in controlled enviroments where its just the audio, not being altered/filtered though anything but my equipment.

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