No you can't.
I'd bet a lot of money that's 100% placebo and you'd fail a frequency test.
Most people can't even tell the difference between regular lossless on a frequency test.
Stop giving into your own placebo. You're claiming you can tell a difference on music which was recorded on lower quality microphones than what you think you're listening at
Or are you a dog?
No.
Most of them high audio quality files are recorded on much lower quality microphones.
It's hilarious when people act like they can tell a difference when it literally can't be with what it was recorded on.
Placebo is one hell of a thing. There's a reason why they have to test for placebo in medical trials. Humans will really make themselves believe something.
Unless you're a dog, you don't need higher than regular lossless.
Yes they're legit.
You don't need higher than that but if you REALLY want to, you can remove the limit in developer settings.
This is the guideline from the World Health Organisation
It's the decibels followed by the maximum amount of time per week you should be listening to music at.
10dB - Unlimited
30 dB - Unlimited
40 dB - Unlimited
60 dB - Unlimited
80 dB - 40 hours
85 dB - 12 hours, 30 minutes
90 dB - 4 hours
95 dB - 1 hour, 15 minutes
100 dB - 20 minutes
105 dB - 8 minutes
110 dB - 2.5 minutes
120 dB - 12 seconds
130 dB - <1 second
140 dB - 0 seconds
150 dB - 0 seconds
Source: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/deafness-and-hearing-loss-safe-listening
Although I agree IEMs are vastly better you're wrong about throwing away AirPods.
With AppleCare+ they'll send you a new pair for free when the battery health drops below 80%.
Unfortunately, they're only good on Apple products.
I enjoyed them on my iPhone 14 Pro Max. Then I switched to a Samsung S23 Ultra and holy fuck, the drop in quality was immediately noticeable. So much so, I sold them. They became useless and my £20 Chi-Fi IEMs sounded better.
For the price you pay for them, you can get vastly better audio quality elsewhere.
After EQ, mine are superior to XM4's in every way.
The only downside, you have to up the volume on them. They're not good at low volume.
Not just child labour, but legit slavery.
Look up uygher slaves
I'd suggest getting some good headphones and not the junk you currently put on your head.
Are you expecting them to defy Science and create new chemicals or something?
Some people in this hobby really believe some bullshit don't they.
Just like you can't hear a difference with Hi-Res Lossless, you don't need to burn in headphones.