@nprofile1q... I decided over the pandemic, while I was reencoding all of the my audio for the last time using FLAC, the I was the weakest link. I am only getting older, my hearing is only getting worse, and I am more likely to listen to music on the go than in ideal conditions.

That being said, what effort I put towards my music collection I am going to do it to the best of my ability understanding my own natural faults.

@nprofile1q... but when you can't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana or wet mud does it even matter?

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator