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Why in tarnation do people use Spotify? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months 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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[–] 400Flux@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Compared to the same songs in flac or wave on my dap or phone, or even Napster Tidal sounds weird to me. It sounds like everything has been put through a smooth jazz filter/eq/sound effect or whatever. It's not always a bad thing. It can soften some harsh poorly recorded, mixed, mastered etc music but if it's music that actually sounds good lossless I'm generally not a fan of how it sounds compared to other options.