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Old 15th January 2019, 23:07   #6651  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by jd17 View Post
Nobody questions that lossless - in theory, or better measurably - is always better.
I'll exactly argue against that. Information is a difference that makes a difference. A difference people can't discriminate in a proper double-blind test isn't a difference that matters.

Lossless or near lossless for sources makes sense, to the degree the extra information can eventually result in a detectable difference in derived content. Lossless, if used at all, is only used for archiving deep in studios.
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