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ultra_prescriptivist t1_iybxgqh wrote

Maybe 10 years ago with 128kbps you could easily tell, but with modern codecs at 320kbps? It's completely indistinguishable for the vast majority of people.

Case in point:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/367klddxnjrvi7g/AB-fidgety-feet-tidal-vs-spotify.zip/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/a073avgs9ydi2kw/AB-south-of-heaven-tidal-vs-spotify.zip/file

Check out these blinded samples taken from Spotify and Tidal of two very cymbal-intensive songs and see how challenging it is to tell them apart.

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