opaqueice;179228 Wrote: > It seems to be a common misconception in these discussions that the > effects of psychology on preference, or hearing a difference versus > not, are predictable based on what you think your expectations are. In > other words people seem to think that when they buy something expensive > and are pre-disposed to liking it, if they don't it proves that no > psychological effect was at work. This is demonstrably false. > Researchers in this field would never try to predict the effect of > psychology, that's much too hard. Instead they just try to eliminate > it. > > Try the foobar plugin. It's a good ABXY blind test, extremely easy to > use, trivial to set up, and it's very very instructive. I'd be quite > curious to hear anyone's scores in choosing between, say, 320 KBS MP3 > and flac, or even 192 VBR MP3 and FLAC. I may be inspired to try it > again, although the whole thing would be made much more interesting if > I had a good way to get audio from foobar to my main system.
I've done blind testing before. I've also tested MP3 against FLAC on my system (though not completely blind). I don't need to convince myself, I know what I hear, despite others claiming I am simply fooling myself. I'm not an "audiofool", I don't believe in magical tweaks etc.... But I do know that there is a difference between MP3 and FLAC. MP3 compression damages the audio signal, it "has" to by it's very nature. I can hear it. If you can't, that's cool. Just don't tell me I can't either. Blind testing proves little. Example, a recent study showed a group of supposedly qualified people (classical musicians and so on) could not tell the difference between the sound of a Strad and a far more run of the mill violin. But, anyone who believes that they sound the "same" is deluding themselves. Adam. -- SatoriGFX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SatoriGFX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32576 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
