So you’re comparing a $30 dollar IEM vs $300 headphone and you say it sounds somehow better. I think that’s more than enough appreciation lol.

Btw if you want to upgrade always put all the money on the IEM, your DAC is endgame, pricier ones will not sound better.

Yes, then I convert to opus 255kbps and delete the og file.

You may find an upgrade buying a headphone, you will not find an upgrade in digital audio codecs. Youtube already uses a transparent codec (Opus 192kbps), there’s nothing above.

6 tries are way too low to be a good test. Try foobar2000 abx component.

Nobody can hear it. The result is random because of this, so you can get 0/6, 0/3 or 6/6 and it doesn’t mean anything. To avoid such lucky rng you need to take a longer test.

Any earspeaker.

Because they sound the same. Go take an ABX test on foobar2000, Opus 192kbps vs lossless.

Pd: I’m happy most people in this sub is audiopilled and not placebopilled.

E-MU Teaks

Koss ksc75 lol

Koss ksc75 lol

Nop

Just pick the cheaper one. Really, the only advantage is practicality and some exclusive track version that there is not on youtube. You will not find a better sound quality unless you expect it to be better.

Don’t trust me. Just use foobar2000 abx plugin lossless vs lossy

Actually you don’t need to believe in any of us. Just do an ABX test on foobar2000. Convert a flac/wav file to Opus 192kbps and do the ABX test, if you pass, a DAC will change the sound to you.

no

Hiroyuki Sawano - ELO.

AMPs can make certain frequencies go up (I see it mostly on bass).

Take a look for yourself.