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Hi all,

I’m using the default settings (256kbps AAC) versus Spotify’s highest setting, and was I surprised of the difference of audio quality. The sound is not muffled, it sounds airy and open, with good imaging and staging, instruments are separated and have the texture, I can hear new details in the high frequency band which was crushed in the MP3 encoding. I’m amazed on what were missing from Spotify.

People had claimed the 256 AAC and 384 MP3 are difficult to discern the quality difference but Spotify is at 320kbps. Obviously looking to drop Spotify due to the recent controversy, but now the audio quality difference might just be the key reason to switch for me.