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Drano
If I spent £200k on my hifi I'd want it to include a country house to store it in ;)
I switched to AIFF a few years back for bedroom DJ'ing (techno, ambient) and definitely noticed the difference compared to 128-196kbps MP3. I'm forced to use ALAC for music on the go (iPhone + portable DAC). I imagine the difference is far less marked with higher bit rate MP3s but with any lossless format I just know that I'm not listening to compressed music so I can concentrate on whatever else I'm doing at the time. My brain is far more sensitive / less tolerant to background noise and audio distractions than it used to be; when I work in co-working spaces I use noise isolating earplugs. So moving away from MP3s has a psychological benefit rather than an auditory one :) And anyway, how else can I justify buying new hifi equipment? :p