OK that was just a test. Try this link: http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/m500-starlight-blindfold test.wav
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:54 AM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean Deason was kind enough to send me a CD of the Model 500 > 'Starlight' mixes, which I'd already bought in MP3 form from Boomkat. > After the discussion yesterday about how MP3s are noticeable on a good > sound system, this seemed like a golden opportunity to challenge the > golden ears amongst you to a blindfold test of MP3 sonic quality. > > http://www.cornwarning.com/m500-starlight-blindfold test.wav > > How this was made: > > 1. I ripped the uncompressed digital audio from the CD. > 2. I cut a short representative sample out of the track. > 3. I saved it to an uncompressed WAV file, with no processing whatsoever > 4. I saved it as an 320KBS fixed-bit-rate MP3 file. I don't know > which MP3 encoder Sony uses this days, but I'd guess they've licensed > the current Frauenhofer CODEC. > 5. I loaded both the WAV and the MP3 samples back into Sound Forge, > and put them together in one file. > > Here's the challenge -- can you tell which sample comes first? > There's a very tiny 'click' that will tell you where one sample ends > and the other begins. > > Listen to it however you want, but if you load it in Ableton Live, set > all level faders to 0dB and make sure that warping is turned off for > this loop. According to the appendix of the Live Manual, with those > settings, the sample passes through without change. > > If you listen in Winamp or ITunes, make sure that you turn off EQ and > effects, and set the volume fader to 100%. > > If you don't think this is a fair track to try this on, feel free to > send me a sample from another record that you think would more clearly > show the difference in sonic quality between MP3 and Wav. >
