Godmachine
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yes, and I have heard people even love to waste money on faster computers and video cards just to get more FPS their eyes probably cant even see!
Except there are visible and scientifically confirmed differences. The difference between a standard WAV CD quality 44/16hz and a 96/24hz WAV/FLAC/AIFF are undetectable by human ears. We simply don't have developed enough hearing to notice a massive difference even though we are being told there is a difference. You are being marketed to , its Pavlov's dog all in all.
There is more then enough blind testing to confirm this. This same theology has been applied to high end Wine testing with the exact same results. Shit they even made a movie (Its called "Bottle Shock") based on true events that CENTERS around the tasting of high end French wines versus American California wines and all those panels of judges who are considered some of the most respected experts of the world almost all of them picked California wine as the superior and this was a blind test. It launched American wine into the International scene and opened the doors for many other countries and now because of that you can buy a nice cheap great tasting wine at your local supermaket with ease. Up until that point you bought European wine exclusively or it was considered shit.
The human brain is a reality generator , for some people it can create a reality that basically confirms their own personal beliefs that hold no scientific basis in reality for the rest of us. I have personally listened to supposed ultra high end "audiophile" grade gear that costs around $100,000 versus my Sennheiser HD800's with a Schiit Magni/Modi stack and the difference is minor AT BEST. There is a point at which everything once its expressed in its maximum form only returns enhancements that are incremental until the point at which decay reaches its maximum thus ending returns. What this means is you can only get so much improvement before A) There is no more improvements to be made or B) Your brain simply CAN NOT tell the difference. If there is any law in the Universe that beyond debate its Decay.
Our eyes are far more complex than our ears. Our eyes can see in one glimpse megapixels worth of information (about 7 megapixels for 5 degree's of our vision and 1+ megapixel for the rest). Proposed reality to the average human eye has a pixel density of 578 megapixels in order for us to be unable to detect any gaps or "pixelization" as it were. The organ that detects this has evolved for more complex behavior and social behavior is likely the biggest reason. Our ears have lost quality since early mankind to balance out the difference as evolution requires.
So comparing high end graphics which are visibly different and thus easier for us to detect thanks to the more advanced organ we use to detect it (the human eye) to high end sound (which we are limited with and have only developed it well enough for language and hunting meanwhile other animals use it as there primary means of survival day to day) is like comparing an iPhone to a super computer frankly.