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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by simondotau on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:53PM (#27190797)
And that assumes you have young ears. If you're older, chances are it's nowhere near 20kHz.
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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by marcan_42 on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:00PM (#27190823)
At normal listening levels, yup. I'm 30 and I can certainly hear the hideous 19 kHz anti-rat blasters they have all over shops in Tokyo (and I think they almost certainly cause ear damage and should be illegal - IIRC they are marketed as putting out 138dB SPL!) but I am rather unlikely to hear the difference between music low-passed at 19kHz and 20kHz.
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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by simondotau on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:14PM (#27190908)
> I am rather unlikely to hear the difference

Especially if your hearing has been damaged by repeat exposure to 19 kHz at 138dB SPL.

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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by marcan_42 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:14AM (#27191464)
I do try to run away or cover my ears when I run into them...
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