Apple music streaming service

[amabrok]

Apple claims that ACC @ 256kbps is as good as MP3 @ 320kbps if not better! How accurate is that? And if it is true then it will be as  good as Deezer,  Spotify but of course will lag behind Qobuz and Tidal in terms of SQ


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Without a DBT, this is very hard to assess, but I can tell you that I have some AAC 256kbps that I'm listening to, and they are very good. If I know what I'm looking for, I think I can pick a few subtleties that allow me to tell that it was lossy compression, but you need to be very careful and on a very particular type of music. 

Actually, I have played those files to audiophile friends without telling them, in the middle of red book, 24/96 and 24/192, and not a single one called it out. 

So now for me, if I have the choice, I will go lossless, but if the only version I can find is AAC 256, I can leave with it.

Makes sense. Thanks Jean-Marie


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