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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by squeaky-clean on Monday May 17, 2021 @12:55PM (#27185573)
These sorts of tests are BS in my opinion. How often are you listening to the same track 3 times across different quality settings in the same listening session?

The only "real" test for these sorts of things is

> You've got a new device. Your streaming app defaults to low-quality upon installation. How long until you notice this?

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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by peeters on Monday May 17, 2021 @04:37PM (#27188148)
There are plenty of things that can poison the user experience that don't rise above the sub-conscious. Just because you don't notice something doesn't mean that if that thing is improved, you won't have a better experience. E.g. an added 15ms latency on a website.
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