it's not the fact that 128kbps is horrible.. (it actually is)... it's transcoding that will ruin everything beyond what you imagine.

I used to not care about the quality... until one day i decided to go FLAC and compare... It was a whole new song!

So, I only have FLACs on my phone (might be overkill, sure, but I can't bother converting them to mp3 320kbps) and MP3 320kbps when FLAC is not possible, nothing lower.

You'll obviously won't notice much difference / none at all with the stock earbuds that come from most devices.

The difference IS there and i'm partially deaf since I was born. So all of you who have good ears, stop making me sad and go get proper music.

The day someone figures out how to steal someone else's good ears and put them on another person, will be the day half of the internet gets deaf. Mwahahahah