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Re:What Data Compression Does to Music (2012) by 33degrees on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:00PM (#18829824)
This is apparently a thing, that people will prefer what they’re used to and these days that’s low bitrate audio played through phone and laptop speakers...
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Re:What Data Compression Does to Music (2012) by tchaffee on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:45AM (#18831868)
I question how often people regularly listen to music through laptop speakers. Isn't it mostly through earphones or headphones?
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Re:What Data Compression Does to Music (2012) by 33degrees on Thursday January 17, 2019 @08:09PM (#18936185)
Not necessarily, lots of students don’t speakers hooked up to their laptops, abd I see kids listening to music on their phone speakers all the time
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