Is HiFi almost here?

  • manualoverride@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    So they kill their Car Thing player leaving customers with e-waste, add a bundle of features with high fidelity audio which only 1% of systems will benefit from, while jacking up the price. Well done Spotify, you have successfully enshitificated your service.

  • ianovic69@feddit.uk
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    19 days ago

    Code spotted within the Spotify app last year also suggests that the tier could come with 24-bit lossless audio

    At 44.1k, 16bit is CD quality which is perfectly good enough. But no, dupe people into paying more for something they can’t use. Typical.

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      19 days ago

      True, plus lossless is kinda pointless for streaming anyway since the difference between high-bitrate OGG Vorbis is basically undetectable even when using high-end gear.

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    19 days ago

    so many people think they’re “audiophiles,” yet say “ok, that’s good” when they asked for more “sizzle,” but you only pretended to boost the 4K and didn’t change a damn thing