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		ubercow13 on Sept 4, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FLAC Support in Firefox 51 If you will fail an ABX test then you don't feel a difference due to an actual difference in quality almost by definition. Maybe you feel a difference because outside an ABX test you know when you are playing lossless files? That's fine but it's not the same thing.

lisivka on Sept 5, 2016 [–]

IMHO, lossy codec just removes some variation from music, so some nerves in ear are activated more often than other, so they are tired.

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