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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Do Microsoft?sCopilot+ PCs Require Linux?
Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 11:32:07 -0400
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Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 2024-05-24 8:30 a.m., Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> 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?
>
> It is. There is an additional punch to the Apple AAC encoder that is 
> lacking in Nero's. Nero's does a good job, but it isn't as good. It's 
> better than MP3 though.
>
>> 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.
>
> For people who aren't audiophiles, there isn't a difference in audio 
> quality, but they will likely notice the greater selection from Apple. I 
> also think that Apple has an excellent interface, with YouTube's being 
> the absolute worst.

I stopped listening to YouTube while walking. Sick of commerials in the middle
of a 10-minute tune. Also the slightest accidental touch of the phone screen
can stop the playback.

Switched to SomaFM... their Secret Agent channel has some good walkin' tunes.

-- 
This night methinks is but the daylight sick.
		-- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"