OK I changed the file name: http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/m500-starlight-blindfold-test.wav
In Firefox, you can navigate to any URL like this, and choose 'save as' and save the file. I believe that's the same in a lot of browsers. On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this would be more useful if you could download it rather than playing > it in browser. because the link doesn't work because of the space > it's impossible to right click and save as > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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. >>> >> > > > > -- > peace, > > frank > > dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >
