No, they wouldn’t because audiophile grade equipement is so responsive it plays all of the artifacts left behind by the compression. Audiophile grade equipement makes a great file sound great and a bad file sound absolutely horrible to the point that it’s grating to listen to. I don’t have super awesome equipment and…

Here’s the thing... Most people have low quality speakers and/or headphones. When you try to listen to these on audiophile grade equipment you will be able to hear all of the failings of the lower quality file.

Imagine if someone was trying to see if people could tell the difference between low and ultimate texture…