netchord wrote: > stated that it would not surprise me if someone else can hear the > difference between compressed and non-compressed files, since i've had > the same experience. you, and others here, have said it's not possible, > and i'm imagining what i hear.
No, many have pointed out how it *is* possible that there could be a difference (and I agree). Things such as electrical noise/interference caused by the equipment doing the transmission of the bits, etc. But in my science training, we were taught to always look for (and control for) the simple explanations first. The simple explanation here is demand effects from knowing what one is listening to. But these are easily controlled for with a double-blind test with, say, 20 trials. I think this is where we differ rather than on the possibility of things in the chain causing audible differences between compressed lossless files vs uncompressed lossless files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98630 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
