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Hey what are you listening to t-swift buddy converted a YouTube rip to lossless and it sounds amazing it's like there's a tiny tailor playing in my braid actually that's not how lossless music works at all but it's high bitrate that's more realistic the only reality is that you're taking up way more space in your mobile device for no reason you have any idea what happens when music is converted from one file format to another no okay so when Taylor Swift is in the studio cutting your new album her voice actually does get recorded as lossless audio which means that the computer stores as much of her song as practically possible in digital form that essentially is what lossless audio is it means that the song was originally recorded at a high bitrate and hasn't been compressed since but whenever a record label puts their music on YouTube or on a service like Spotify it gets compressed and not just a little bit lots of streaming services compress music down to about a tenth of what it originally was to save space and they do this by discarding a lot of the data in the original file so you can't truly convert back up to lossless it's a bit like trying to take a well-done steak and get all the medium-rare juices back into it besides like good steak most people can't tell the difference anyway well I'm a golden era audiophile I even got a certificate from the appropriate subreddit look did you take a test for that yeah I did I have to listen to a bunch of sample tracks and then blindly say which ones were the high bitrate ones took me like at least five minutes and I got them all right please don't tell me you used those headphones yeah so dude you got lucky beyond a pretty low threshold maybe around 128 kilobits a second it's pretty hard to hear quality differences using low end equipment low end these cost me like twenty two dollars ah alright look the reason cheap speakers and headphones don't let you fully enjoy high bitrate audio is because at higher bit rates you might be able to hear more parts of the track that would get discarded if it were compressed any further lower end hardware just simply can't replicate sounds like that correctly so I have to like buy expensive headphones and then subscribe to title or a spotify premium well it depends as berates get higher and higher many people can't hear the differences between them if you have a good pair of headphones or speakers you might be able to hear the difference between a regular and a premium stream on Spotify but it's less likely that you'll be able to hear the difference between a 320 kilobits spotify premium song and a lossless track on title and even if you can hear the difference think about your typical day are you really the guy with a dedicated listening chair or are you walking down the street and joying some tunes without really focusing on every nuance of every note of the song so what you're saying is lossless music is like pretty pointless no what I'm saying is before plunking down tons of money on expensive equipment and subscriptions maybe try out some solid mid-range gear with free high bitrate or lossless music you can find online if it's easy for you to tell the difference between that and a standard stream it might be worth exploring some higher-end options but there's also no shame and just rocking out to low quality mp3s of your favorite Weird Al parodies if that's what makes you happy thanks man I don't want to contribute to jay-z's gaudy fun anyway right on speaking of contributing to Bugatti funds this video is brought to you by fresh books the super simple to use invoicing tool that actually does a lot more than help you create and send slick looking invoices fresh books can help you track your time with their timesheet function manage your expenses and keep track of who owes you what they also have a feature that tells you when your clients look at your invoice for the first time the fresh books mobile app has all the functionality of their desktop version so you can take fresh books wherever you go if you have any questions feel free to reach out to their support staff where you'll speak to a real human Wow no phone tree no escalations no return calls just answers visit fresh books comm tech wiki and enter tech quickie in the how did here about a section when you sign up for your free trial well that's it for this video guys thanks for watching like dislike whatever your heart desires check out our other videos and comment below with video suggestions but also don't forget to subscribe and follow tech wiki that's the most important