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Toronto-Will t1_irca2nw wrote

Reply to comment by Solypsist_27 in It's happened. And now I can't go back by Solypsist_27

From what I understand, mainstream record label music (Billie Eilish) is mastered with compression in mind. They know people are listening over the radio and over 128kbps streaming, and so they compress it down right from the start, so that the music holds up well.

What kind of music is giving you the noticeable improvement with FLAC? Is it poppy mainstream tracks, or something like classical/jazz that’s a bit more audiophile oriented?

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Solypsist_27 OP t1_ircap5s wrote

It's actually music from an Italian indie rock band, that I previously thought to be badly mastered because it didn't sound the best compressed, now instead it sounds like a breath of fresh air hahah

I also have some classical music in my library, but I still have to properly test it lol, I also expect it to sound much better than the Spotify albums I've heard

Also if what you said about mainstream record labels is true, it's a shame since some of Billie eilish's recordings actually sound so skillfully mixed, I would love to hear more detail in them, even though I feel like they are capable of sounding pretty good even just on Spotify, so I actually agree that it may be as you say

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