jkeny wrote: > Well there are a number of reports of people differentiating high-res in > Foobar ABX testing which you seem to ignore or are unaware of. This > doesn't mean that they can hear > 20KHz which is just the usual > unthinking objectivists over-simplified mantra. > > Here's an '_interesting_thread_' > (https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/850044-foobar-2000-abx-test-redbook-vs-192-24-a.html) > on Gearslutz from 2013 showing positive Foobar ABX logs of a recording > engineer repeatedly being able to differentiate redbook from 24/192 on > different equipment & with different music. It's interesting because his > description of how he did it & what he focused on & how difficult it was > to maintain his focus shows how difficult ABX testing is for this sort > of difference. If you read the thread you will see his comments but I > extract the relevant ones here:
Funny how he missed that part in the recording where, at least on the 192kHz version, one can clearly hear the toilet flushing in the recording studio mens room, located down a 25 foot corridor from the recording studio. So how can I believe anything he writes? Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
