For mono audio, even 32k Opus is nearly CD quality, and 64k is indistinguishable from uncompressed audio in non-audiophile contexts.
500k is simply ludicrous.
500k is simply ludicrous.
You said 64k stereo aren't distinguishable from FLAC with normal, consumer-grade listening equipment. I said I hear a difference between 80k stereo and FLAC using a laptop built-in headphone amp and the cheapest headphones that didn't look like a consumable.
people love dunking on hifi-- it's such a meme at this point.
edit: ah yes, i forgot about the "i disagree" button to the left of my name... feel free to use it, i guess. clearly, as a hifi stan, i doth protest too much... (and am just an idiot)