garym wrote: > That's actually very impressive as its quite unusual. And this is with > ABX (doubleblind tests) on regular music (not known problem samples)? > I know one can eventually train oneself to hear certain artifacts in > lossy files (I've avoided doing that as I don't want to hear such > artifacts). Have you trained yourself to hear such artifacts? > > p.s. I'm not being (passively) argumentative....I'm genuinely amazed. > > EDIT: In my own case, running ABX tests with foobar2000 ABX component > (which is a nice tool for this), I've never done better than random with > 256kbps mp3 files compared with lossless. It generally takes a 128kbps > mp3 file for me to be able to reliably detect the lossy in an ABX test. > Some types of music I can reliably detect from lossless when lossy is > 192kbps, but most music is transparent to me at 192kbps or higher. And > I should note that BEFORE I did the ABX tests I always thought I could > hear a difference in any mp3 files as compared with lossless. My first > set of ABX tests was an eye (ear) opener for me. That said, I still rip > and play FLAC files. Why not.....
I haven't trained myself to hear artifacts,I just have sensitive ears and when I do my critical listening Im about 2 feet from the Genelecs on my computer desk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected]'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101386 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
