cdmackay wrote: > Is this really consistent with that? This test seems to show a > preference for MP3, which suggests a lack of transparency, for whatever > odd reason. Or are you saying this test is the rare special case? > > and thanks to OP for the excellent test :)
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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98010 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
