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		esaym on Dec 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 24/192 music downloads are silly I don't know about comparing digital to digital, but I know I can tell the difference between a 320kbs mp3 and a good quality LP record. Its in the treble. I guess any kind of digital just ruins that.

aaronem on Dec 3, 2014 | [–]

Yeah, that's an easy difference to spot -- LP playback is just so lossy, with so much artifacting, that it's just not worth the bother.

kalleboo on Dec 3, 2014 | [–]

MP3 in particular has issues above 16KHz. This is solved in modern formats such as AAC and Ogg Vorbis. It has nothing to do with "any kind of digital".

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