Archimago wrote: > http://www.audiostream.com/content/abx-tests-prove-hi-res-audio-legit > > Hey Arny. I see Amir's ABX test is being mentioned again in the > audiophile blogosphere. > > Final comments?
Consider the source(s). The tests and the results are wildly misrepresented. For example: " I'm going to let you read the specifics of the test yourself over on the What's Best Forum: "Conclusive 'Proof' that higher resolution audio sounds different". Here's the gist of it. One of the co-creators of the ABX Comparator, Arny Kruger a staunch supporter of ABX testing, created a number of files from a 24-bit/96kHz recording he made of keys jingling (I know, but he's the ABX audio expert). Arny sampled down the original recoding to 44.1kHz and 32kHz, then resampled them back to the 24/96 original. Arny's contention was no one would be able to pick out the down sampled files from the original 24/96 file. Read more at http://www.audiostream.com/content/abx-tests-prove-hi-res-audio-legit#v02q16IuTkdJp0sp.99 " In fact I never said any such thing. What I did say was that in a number of years of experience going back to about Y2K, nobody had been able to pick out the down sampled files from the original 24/96 file which was true at the time. I then received a personal thrashing about the head and shoulders in which I learned more about hype, cheating on ABX tests, and misrepresentation of ABX results then I ever wanted to know. ;-) At this time the matter is in my mind in an indeterminate state because AFAIK there was never any retest with similar results, based on new test files and comparison software that were redesigned and rebuilt based on the lessons learned. It seems pretty simple - if the old results were legit, then they could be recreated by many people including the original testers at will. That's part of the essence of science. AFAIK it never happened. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104081 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
