For most people, and especially those of us who spent a fair amount of time at concerts with the like of Led, Rush, Hendrix, et al… and other heavy players… our ears aren’t, sadly, as sensitive and finely tuned as they once were. And recently for me, a malfunction with hearing protection at an indoor range dinged one my ears enough that even flushing a toilet gets it a ringing.
So no, at this stage of the game, lossless audio may not, I say again MAY not make that impressionable a difference.
Although, I once knew that it did.
As for mobile devices, I’ll give Apple their due. They’ve put a lot research and money behind bringing hi end audio and video to those “cheap” mobile devices.
Their music catalog now offers losses audio with Dolby ATMOS. AirPod Pros, for what they are offer impressive sound and noise canceling. Over the ear, studio quality? Um, no. But still impressive.
Thanks for the insight. I also suffer from hearing loss but not so bad I cant tell the difference between fm and even a crappy album on a decent turn tabel. As for listening to your phone. I never intended to imply a phone speaker was anything near good speakers or good headphones.