In article , dave
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Why does Android tell me they can't play .flac or .wav when they
actually can? In fact they tell you to transcode down before loading.
WTF? Almost all my files are from CDs and are lossless. Memory is cheap,
hearing is not. I do not store RAW photos. There are limits to my
self-indulgence.

hearing is definitely not lossless and grows worse as people age.

people can't hear a difference between a lossless audio file and a
properly done mp3/aac, especially at 256kbps or 320kbps.

they might think they can, but in a double-blind test, people have
consistently *not* been able to tell the difference. countless such
tests have been done, with many, many people.

there certainly isn't an audible difference on headphones or with the
built-in speakers of a device.