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Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo...::CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wonder how we ever put up with ‘only’ 240Hz displays?

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[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago (17 children)

These have an actual perceivable difference even if subtle. Hires audio, however, is inaudible by humans.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 10 months ago (13 children)

I tend to agree, but the audiophiles always have an answer to rebuttal it with.

I'm into audio and headphones, but since I've never been able to reliably discern a difference with hi-res audio, I no longer let it concern me.

[–] PastyWaterSnake@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I've bought pretty expensive equipment, tube amplifier, many fancy headphones, optical DACs. A library full of FLAC files. I even purchased a $500 portable DAP. I've never been able to reliably tell a difference between FLAC and 320k MP3 files. At this point, it really doesn't concern me anymore either, but I at least like to see my fancy tube amp light up.

I will say, though, $300 seems to be the sweet-spot for headphones for me.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

I’ve never been able to reliably tell a difference between FLAC and 320k MP3 files

I just keep FLAC around so I can transcode them to new lossy formats as they improve. And so I can transcode aggressively for my mobile when I'm streaming from home, and don't need full transparency.

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