garym wrote: > Regarding ABX'ng high bit rate mp3 from FLAC, I recall that report and > certainly believe you. There are many instances of this across people > *on certain killer tracks/samples* (e.g., harpsichord music). The > question I have (and I'm serious here, not trying to kick up a fuss) is > whether you've done something like this with say, 20 or so different > tracks with some diversity. That is, not "killer samples" but tracks > from different CDs, different types of music (classical, jazz, pop, > etc.). Although it is not unusual to be able to ABX *certain" mp3 from > FLAC files, it would be highly unusual to be able to consistently ABX > FLAC from high bit rate mp3 across a broader sampling of music files.
Back then I tested multiple tracks out of three CDs with different genres. On two of them I could discern the original from the data reduced version. With Pop and Jazz it was possible to do so with statistic significance, the Pop-one even on a significance level of 1 percent. Surprisingly my choice for classical music wasn't discernable. I don't own any harpsichord solo records. What a dull instrument IMHO. No dynamics at all by design! That's why harpsichord recordings often sound extremely loud, you don't have to compress anything. After one or two tracks I always have to switch. :-) But let's leave the odd and wore down MP3/FLAC battle behind us. Don't you think that claims like only-the-heraing-impaired-can-discern is a perfect example of how people deal with cognitive dissonances? Living Room: Squeezelite -> WDM-KS/HDMI -> NAD M51 (Rowen Swiss Edition) -> Rowen Absolute MONO -> Quad 22L Sleeping Room: Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101084 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
