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RE: Why do most digital recordings online sound bad?

Posted by jrlaudio on June 14, 2020 at 18:04:03:
To the OP, it's not ignorance. It's what being offered commercially for the masses. Some here in this thread have mentioned some streaming services that do offer better quality files.
I just can't listen to anything in compressed formats (well maybe FLAC and such), and YouTube I limit to my Google/Nest stuff, never through headphones and never in my audio system. It's just ... well ... ACK!
I am used to 24/192 WAV from working in the studio. My own digital archive files off my NAS server are my own that I made using Apogee converters at either 24/96 or 192, and always as WAV files. I run a gigabit V6 network and have Tb's (32Tb as of today) of storage capacity, so I don't concern myself with lossy formats or using uncompressed file types.
I think the issue lies in the fact that people go on the cheap when it comes to certain important things, and spend big bucks on the minor things. Like using compressed formats to save storage space. Storage is cheap these days, especially for audio sized files. Why compress? Heck, why stream? The issues of "consumer digital" has always been skewed to the quick and easy, with sound being compromised as a result. Using USB for instance for DAC's, or computer outputs with less than stellar audio interfaces. Ear buds?! Really?! At home? You know how many times I have listened to music on my smartphone? Umm ... never. It's not that I'm a snob ... it's just all this sounds really bad.
And that "inmate engineer" who says higher than 20 bit is pointless ... well ... he would never be hired by me. Probably never listened to music on anything better than under-powered 30 year old Yamaha NS-10's.
And if I hear the name Nyquist one more time I'm gonna punch my dog.
(PS: I don't actually have a dog).