Archimago wrote: > Exactly. It was frankly a bit odd but that's what the data seemed to > point to... > > Not true transparency as I would understand the word. Rather an > unexpected bias towards MP3. It's quite amazing reading in the comments > how sure some respondents were that they were right, yet in reality they > chose the MP3! > > I don't know about large scale tests of MP3 or where they have been > published. Most I believe use the ABX methodology where one is at least > able to listen to a sample of the lossless, a sample of MP3, and then > presented with X to choose which of the 2 it sounds like... In this > study, it was purely on preference, or at least one's own expectation of > which sounds "better"; as such, I think it shows something quite > interesting!
This is a known fact that mp3 has euphonic properties that some actually prefer . But given identical files i would not be surprised if one letter A or B is preferred over another people work that way . Great work anyway :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98010 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
