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Re:FLAC – Format overview by crtasm on Monday September 05, 2022 @08:07PM (#32730967)
They're arguing against selling albums in high bitdepth + sample rate, that's not the same as arguing for lossy formats.

> Unfortunately, there is no point to distributing music in 24-bit/192kHz format. Its playback fidelity is slightly inferior to 16/44.1 or 16/48

Also see the 'Lossless formats' paragraph.

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Re:FLAC – Format overview by Cupertino95014 on Monday September 05, 2022 @08:26PM (#32731097)
Amusingly enough, I did buy 3 classic albums that I didn't already own, in 24/192 format, and I even have an outboard D/A converter so I can at least tell myself it's not wasted.

But yeah, it's probably wasted.

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