This piano ballad was recorded using 1930s ribbon microphones. In a lossy file, the piano sounds thin. In 24-bit FLAC, you hear the mechanism of the piano: the felt of the hammers striking the strings, the wood resonance of the body, the room bleed of the Los Angeles studio. The strings that enter at 1:45 do not sound like a sampled plugin; they sound like a sour, beautiful ensemble sitting six feet in front of you.