[2020] K/DA - THE BADDEST (Pre-Release Single) | League of Legends

Originally posted by Theguywhodo

There's more to it than sensitivity to frequencies. It's also how easily can you pickup the difference in dynamics and I'm quite sure since other factors as well. A big part of mp3 compression mechanism is 'frequency masking'. I'm not aware of any studies on this, but I wouldn't be surprised if some people were more easily able to pick up artifacts after this, than others. I'm not the one to say whether some kind of talent is needed or if some form of training is sufficient. Some people can just sit down and tell the difference instantly. Others struggle, but I wouldn't worry about it. The most important bit is if you actually enjoy the music.

Originally posted by Theguywhodo

It's almost impossible to tell between a FLAC and 320 kbps mp3. I know these debates often go sideways with "get better headphones", but to consistently tell the difference, you need exceptional ears and potentially years of experience.

I'm not disagreeing with you, I just want to point out, that while the difference in bitrate is huge, the perceivable difference in sound quality is usually negligible.

EDIT: Since I'm being disputed about this, I will post some papers that back up my claim.
paper 1
paper 2

These two articles actually demonstrate that even trained proffesionals go 50/50 in listening tests when comparing even 256 kbps MP3s to lossless formats.

Originally posted by narrill

YouTube isn't performing dynamic range compression, they're performing lossy data compression. Dynamic range compression doesn't give you smaller file sizes.