[LAU] "A complete guide of and debunking of audio on Linux, ALSA and Pulse"

[Roger]

On 13/8/19 6:21 pm, Max wrote:
> I stumbled upon this post on Reddit, might be of interest here:
>
> "A complete guide of and debunking of audio on Linux, ALSA and Pulse"
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/coi4dt/a_complete_guide_of_and_debunking_of_audio_on/ 
>

395 comments in 2 days. I guess not everyone takes what is written as 
gospel. Author seems to focus on consumer type listening rather than any 
consideration of production or creation.

They should also explain why they think this is true - "Do not set 
avoid-resampling to true, this is a huge misconception, this does not 
improve sound quality at best, and in the worst case, can actually break 
things." I have it set to true on one system and have had no issues. 
With only listening tests I dare say it may sound better although I 
can't prove it quantitatively.

Also the claim that lossy audio can sound as good as lossless has been 
the trigger for numerous online wars of words. I'm sticking to FLAC for one.

Roger