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Is Spotify good enough? (Sennheiser HD 650 + Qudelix-5k) (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Me_JuJu_@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I recently ordered the HD 650s and the Qudilex-5K and was wondering if Spotify's audio quality will be a good enough music source for my untrained ears. This is my first audiophile setup.

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[–] ZeroTasking@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

there are multiple online tests (blind tests) helping you to decide on your own. I practiced a little and now I can tell the difference between 320kbps in some, but far from all, cases in these tests. With my headphones (msr7b) and Dac/amp (Fiio Q3) it's easiest, with cheap IEMs and the Q3 still noticable, otherwise (Headphones or IEM in phone aux) impossible for me to tell the difference. After gettimg used to it and some ear training I prefer lossless (airier, cleaner high frequencies, esp. some female voices or violins), but still use spotify in most cases for convenience as differences are not that severe.