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I generally find audiophiles to be a pretentious bunch, so this sounds about right.

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[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

watching a waveform for unperceived errors

I read about a test where supposedly audiophiles were played samples of CDs ripped with different players and then proven to be identical bit by bit, played back on the same system, where supposedly they still insisted they could tell which CDs were ripped with the better player, and tbqh I believe it.