marflao wrote: > ...well at least *they* hear the difference :-) > > http://www.audiostream.com/content/hd-downloads-blind-test-almost > > "Case closed!"
As typical for that site. For more details around that 44 vs. 88kHz paper, have a look at this thread: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=82264 Remember, only 3/16 listeners in that paper got significant results overall and all admitted to feeling doubtful about their results. To say "Within a few seconds, we both realized he had picked the CD-quality version since it sounded flatter, duller, and mostly just plain worse than the track we'd listened to earlier" doesn't seem to ring true. If anything, this speaks to the likelihood of different masterings if indeed one of the versions sounded much worse than the others. Of course, that blog post neglects to comment on this or whether perhaps there are other differences like volume level changes. Don't forget folks, "Ella and Louis" was recorded in 1956. The tape noise floor on that recording is high - significantly worse than 16-bits. Just what kind of benefit do we expect to gain from a high resolution digital version at 24/96? Mike obviously prefers to poke fun at objective analysis and further his amazing hearing ability. Yay for him. Also, that MP3 test showed no significant preference for CD/MP3 with 256kbps and 320kbps. That's exactly what many of us here believe and was shown with the MP3 test last year. In fact, on the graph the "Musician" group didn't fare well with MP3 128 & 192kbps using acoustic music! Not sure what he's trying to prove... Again... Yay for him. Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101386 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
