lossless audio

[speedy2]

If you really compare the amount of concern over picture vs audio, I'm pretty sure you can agree picture gets attention first. I've seen way more TV setups where the picture quality far outweighs the audio, but hardly any vice versa. You may be talking about audiophiles specifically, but that's a given.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Well, hardly anybody I know would know about audio so far as to know about lossless vs. lossy, encoders, sound setups, etc. All most people know is higher bitrate generally means better quality. But even then, since not many people I know can tell the difference, it doesn't really matter anyway.

To be fair, though, not many people I know would know about IPS vs TN vs PVA, or even plasma vs. LCD tvs. Again, all they know is bigger is better. But with video, there's much more difference between the best possible and the worst generally acceptable. That's the difference.

 

[videogames101]

My god, I bought an X-FI and a $100 pair of senns awhile back (when i thought creative was god) and I can ABX test 192 MP3 to FLAC all day and pull about 90% accuracy. It doesn't take that much equipment to tell.

Obviously for guns and explosions, no one really cares how lossless it is, your attention is on the game.

It's all in what the listener/viewer cares about. Gamers don't care about sound quality. Most consumers don't care what sample rate their audio is coming in at. But their is a difference, and saying most people don't care doesn't make the difference any smaller.