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Which audio codec to choose?
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It's worth keeping everything archived somewhere in FLAC if you care about it, because that's lossless and you can convert it to newer cooler formats in the future. Opus is currently the best lossy audio codec - if you need space on your phone, convert an additional ~128kbps Opus copy of your library for transparent quality and super small filesize.
Don't believe anyone trying to sell you on the idea that FLAC sounds better than an appropriately compressed (read: transparent) lossy format: Opus ~128-160kbps, MP3 'V0' (~215kbps), MP3 320kbps, AAC ~150kbps.
Check the "Music encoding quality" table on this page for more info on Opus bitrates and how they relate to transparency.
Only partly true. If the rest of the chain is of decent quality (hi-res sound card, proper cables, quality headphones/speakers/monitors), then the difference between lossless and lossy is apparent to a trained ear. Especially the lack of dynamics and space is typical of lossy formats.
Personally, I never understood why I would want to listen to anything but lossless in the first place. I never really had to worry about storage space too much for my music to consider converting it to a lossy format. I am more of a user who likes to archive stuff; therefore, lossless and FLAC are the only future-proof ways if you want to listen to your files in the next 25 years or so.
Only if you happen to be sending over bluetooth and it's being re-conpressed. Even then you would need good headphones and ears to ABX that.
Don't talk "space" and dynamics if you don't know what they mean. "Space" is an audiophile weasel word that boils down to noise in the 10k band