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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Do Microsoft?sCopilot+ PCs Require Linux?
Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 08:30:30 -0400
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Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 2024-05-24 3:00 a.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-05-24, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

<brevsnip>

>>> Probably because some people think that Apple Music also requires Apple
>>> hardware. Even without Apple hardware, the sound quality is superior as
>>> is the selection.
>> 
>> You would have better ears than I have to tell the difference.
>
> The ears are one thing, but even if you only know about the 
> specifications, you would know that what Spotify offers can't compete. 
> Apple's lossy codec is the best there is, so a song encoded at 256kbps 
> using it will sound magnificent no matter what kind of speakers you use. 
> If that is not sufficient for you, it also offers lossless at no extra 
> charge. Meanwhile, the default for Spotify is AAC at 128kbps, using an 
> inferior codec that is probably the one offered by Nero. High quality 
> there is 256kbps, more or less on par with what Apple Music offers at 
> the low end but, again, with a worse encoder. There is no lossless option.

But is the "loss" noticeable to human ears?

And if so, does it matter? I enjoy a tune the same whether I listen to it
through earbuds, $15 logitech speakers, whether in quiet or a bit of
background noise. Most of musical information is low frequency (under 5 kHz),
though the harmonics increase that up to maybe 16 kHz.

-- 
I'll burn my books.
		-- Christopher Marlowe