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PcChip t1_j5ox27w wrote

Reply to comment by OutlandishnessGrand8 in What do you do while listening to music? by _Deh

how can you play games while listening to music?
the windows mixer is locked out when listening... unless you're not listening bit-perfect (ASIO/WASAPI Exclusive)

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Qazax1337 t1_j5p1wkk wrote

A (possibly) surprising number of people do not care, that's how :)

Me personally I use the volume on my DAC. I don't believe I could tell the difference between bit perfect and not.

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Gramage t1_j5p3m0s wrote

Yeah. I've got my TVs audio out running to a usb audio in, then I use an app called audio hijack to lightly EQ that and send it straight out to my DAC/amp. Then I mute the in-game music and play my own music on the computer. It's a little convoluted but it works! And there's nothing more fun than playing Wipeout or Need for Speed with my own drum and bass playlist d-_-b

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Qazax1337 t1_j5p5f7j wrote

If you are going HDMI in to your tv, would you not be better just disabling the hdmi audio and directing audio straight to your dac from your PC? You are converting it to analogue, then back to digital, then back to analogue.

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PcChip t1_j5p6jps wrote

> I don't believe I could tell the difference between bit perfect and not

listen to FLACs via ASIO or WASAPI Exclusive (bitperfect) for a while and I promise you'll be able to tell the difference

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BobTheMenace t1_j5p8ao1 wrote

I used to do this when I was just getting into this hobby and I've found that it's really not worth the hassle. After 2 years of listening for a difference, I've concluded that there isn't one.

edit: 128kbps AAC sounds better than flac. The compression artifacts are like a savory seasoning that I like to sprinkle on all my tracks

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Solypsist_27 t1_j5r6cyv wrote

Listening to compression artifacts on purpose sounds really menacing lol. I just settled for 320 kbps mp3s since I can't hear the difference from flacs, but whenever I have to listen to some music on YouTube and I can hear the difference in quality, it does bother me quite a bit lol

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