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BrynmawrMetal t1_j1gv23b wrote

If you’ve been raised hearing most music online then CD’s will sound richer as the process of compressing it to mp3 loses richness. Try lossless file formats too as these preserve that richness.

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the_red_scimitar t1_j1gvw4d wrote

This. Unless your music stream makes a point of being "lossless", then you're listening to music that has downgraded sound, in order to stream faster.

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AdAlternative6892 t1_j1hgjex wrote

I’m also not sure how Bluetooth is these days, but if you’re listening with hardwired headphones/speakers vs Bluetooth I don’t believe Bluetooth can handle lossless quite yet, but I believe there were advancements to make it better. I could be wrong, but yes, compression!

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the_red_scimitar t1_j1i55zo wrote

Bluetooth does its own lossy audio compression. So if you're listening to am already lossy stream, BT could make it worse but it definitely will reduce audio quality of an otherwise lossless stream.

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