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by superseeplus 1854 days ago
I have a similar experience with being easily able to distinguish between uncompressed and 320kbps MP3s with certain kinds of music. Music with a lot of emotion in the singer’s voice or with both instruments and singers spread over a large area (Bollywood music from the late 90s) are easier to distinguish. Of course, I tested this with two different streaming services, so it may just be differently processed files. Modern pop songs on the other hand sounds the same to me irrespective of the level of compression.