lUn_a

https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/05/listening-digital-compressed-music-harm/

I recommended giving this article a read if you haven't! questionable animal ethics aside, mp3s(or compressed audio as a whole?) causes unwanted damage for up to a week in hamsters stapedius reflex! people may or may not test it but uhhh i listen to flacs! :3

#mp3s #audio #music #losslessaudio #compressedaudio

Science Just Proved That Listening to Compressed Music Can Actually Harm You

Yes, even if you’re listening at “safe” volumes.

Headphonesty
Mar 28 at 8:48pmWeb
Show threadautomattackMar 29
@nOva_nEveRlAStinG are MP3s compressing the audio? Or the file size? Or both? I honestly don’t know.
I believe the article is talking about audio compression, which removes dynamics and what drives the volume war, not file compression.
Show threadlUn_aMar 29
@automattack
hmmm i suppose that could be what the article means! the way i interpreted it was that lossy audio formats, which compression the files by removings the inaudible parts of the audiofiles, that is causing the damage, but i may be reading it wrong honestly:P
Show threadmagic mart0Mar 29

@nOva_nEveRlAStinG

@automattack is correct, the article is definitely about audio compression (the loudness wars, how music is mastered) not file compression (mp3s)

Show threadlUn_aMar 29

@mart0 @automattack

ah i see! I probably just misread it and got paranoid :P but does each file format do audio compression or is that a completely separate thing that is done in mastering?

Show threadautomattackMar 29

@nOva_nEveRlAStinG @mart0 audio compression is a completely separate thing. It’s possible file formats do some audio compression but I don’t know for sure.

Rock radio is usually compressed as fuck and volume boosted. Even the quiet patters of songs are loud. My ears can’t take it for long.