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Turned on lossless on Spotify. There is a very clear positive difference in audio quality and not in a gold-plated-audio-cable kind of way. Sounds very full and detailed -- pumping bass and very crispy hi-hats. Didn't know what I was missing.
Iโve got my setting on very high (320kbps), do you think lossless makes a big difference? I did want to turn the setting on but I download my music so much more storage needed for lossless.
There are separate quality settings for streaming vs downloading, and you can set it per device, would those fix the issue?
I've noticed that the caching will always choose the highest quality available, so I can't easily flip back and forth between qualities to compare and give you a "big difference" answer. I am definitely noticing more in the low end -- bass guitar/cello/kicks are all much more present in the mix. But I can do without that when I'm listening on my phone while out and about. At home with unlimited streaming its no problem.