>tfw I just now found out I've been listening to music in mono for almost a year
>>63527140
How is that possible?
>>63527159
How did it happen or how did I not notice?
>>63527140
you deserve it
>>63527140
yes you've also been listening to:
>Music downloaded by YouTube to MP3
>320kbps mp3's that are actually transcodes of lower bitrates
etc
Isn't mono the best ?
howd you figure it out
>>63527325
Nope, I actually found out because YouTube vids sounded better than my flac files
>>63527352
then your flac files might be from bad sources, are they CD rips?
>>63527338
not if the album was made in stereo to begin with
>>63527218
Both
you probably get your music from the /mu/ archive, soulseek, or TPB/KAT which means you've been exposed to worse
>>63527351
>>63527382
I looked up an album on YouTube and noticed shit going on I never noticed in my music player, and it sounded better than flac files. Checked the equalizer and a mono plugin was on for god knows why
>>63527421
>Inb4 artists who say flac is placebo and transcode files are fine
>>63527363
idk mate, they're from soulseek but they sound fine now
>>63527506
*autists
>>63527506
>but anon, you can't tell the difference after 192kbs
>>63527506
You got that backwards. Transcodes are better than nothing and only autists obsess over bitrates.
>>63527543
IMO transcodes sound worse than plain low bitrate songs
>>63527592
Found the autist
>>63527543
people who say things like this or about transcodes just dont have the audio equipment to tell (i.e. sub $150 headphones) and havent listened to music long enough
