Lossy compression isnt needed

well, i was gonna make a vlog on the theme. but suno makes me so happy. so i just wrote a text which probably said a lot more than id managed to blurb out, and surely faster as well. it was around 2600 characters, its got 3k max. so i just outputted it there, and wow. not some loser babbling, something actually beautiful.

the only time ive really found a use for mp3 compression

was when i put dosens of cafe del mar mixes

on one single cd, and used an mp3 cd player

that was truly useful, and it saved my life many times

when i played on the desktop, after awhile the fan

would always purr up, and the calm the music gave was lost

the thing is, lossy compression isnt really needed. why?

simple, we dont listen to that much music.

at least back in the days

you might have bought a couple of records a month

and then played them many many times

still in this day and age its true

something else i found interesting in was

liquid drum and bass mixes on youtube

but really, i dont need 100s of them

and by the way of the algorithm

it usually autoplayed ones id heard several times before

so, with ever increasing storage capacity, maybe

why not buy your records on

cd audio, or dvd, bluray

or cassette or vinyl?

i guarantee its worth it

a tiny jpg thumbnail of the album art?

thats a nuissance

if you ever find a good vinyl cover

you just gawk at its beauty and detail

and theres a lot beyond just 1 picture for the record

liner notes, track info, artist pictures, and beyond

and with many streaming services going down to 128kbps

even if the lossy compression is better these days

its still a joke. 4k video uses 10000kbps, but the audio

is 1/100 of this? it seems theyre intentionally making

the sound experience as bad as possible. because

as they say "music never judges you", you can listen

to music whenever you want, which has been the fact

ever since we had cassette walkmans several decads ago.

but with video? youre stuck staring at the screen, mostly

without any emotional impact at all. or with short videos,

the emotion is just what they wanted from you. so i recommend,

go back to the analog realm, or at least buy from sites like bandcamp

in lossless. lossy compression really sounds like how camcorders

looked like in the 1980s. it wasnt pretty. and we shouldnt put up with

this enshittificaion of audio. just try it. go out and find a proper stereo store

a record store or a second hand store for both the hardware and software.

for used equipment, it takes awhile to find all the parts you need. but there

its really lossless, it might have some wear and tear, but you usually pay

90% or even less. then you just need 1 proper good album, in digital or analog

form. and i guarantee you will be blown away. the best time to listen is in the

middle of the night, the ambience is much less even if you dont notice it.

find a good armchair and some nice beverage. maybe listen with a good

friend or lover or a pet. it will be better than a collection of 10000 mp3s.