Readers’ Tips

TIP OF THE FORTNIGHT

Check if you can hear lossless audio

My hearing has slowly deteriorated with age, so I’ve often wondered whether my ears can still tell the difference between lossless audio and normal. I checked using a clever site that plays you tracks from Spotify.

Visit and click Do The Test. Read the instructions, then click the ‘I’m busy, do 5 trials’ button. On the next screen click the X in the middle. Now click the A and B buttons and listen carefully to work out which sounds the same as X (only one of them does). When you’ve decided, click ‘X is A’ or ‘X is B’ at the bottom (see screenshot), then ‘next’. You’ll now hear the same track a further four times, so make your decision on each. Repeat this for four more tracks, so in total you’ll