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 | | And the statement "mp4 and audiophile are incompatible" has no more truth than "MP3 and..", particularly when either codec is used at those bitrates which have been determined to be 'transparent' to an overwhelming majority of listeners in blind listening tests. |
 | | Of course, 'audiophile quality' means 'transparent' to me, not $15K interconnects and tin-hats - and whether or not someone considers themself an audiophile, if they can't discern a ~190kbs AAC file from its lossless counterpart, I don't see how they could consider one file inferior to the other. |
 | | As for the 'audiophile' qualities of compressed formats: I've been buying a lot more CDs and CD-Rs of late (now about 40% of my spending on music, which used to be close to 100% on vinyl) and the plunge in quality when ripping to MP3 or AAC has been pretty shocking. |
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