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		hannasanarion on March 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A brief history of why artists are no longer makin... And they weren't actually present at the time of recording either, they're a product of waves adding together. Those same waves are still added together when it plays from your speakers.

Mediterraneo10 on March 22, 2019 [–]

> Those same waves are still added together when it plays from your speakers.

Not if the bitrate used to encode the digital audio is low and drops any of the higher frequencies from the lot.

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