netchord wrote: > so today, i was listening to an album, and realized i kept hearing each > track repeat. i checked, and i do do indeed have two copies of the > album, one in AIF, and the other FLAC. so i did a little comparison on > one track, and felt there was a small, but subtle difference...very > subtle, but identifiable, and the FLAC file was slightly more incisive > sounding. > > the track was the Girl from Ipanema, from the David Hazeltine Trio, > Plays the Jobim Songbook in NY, and it's in 24/96. i preferred the FLAC > file, at least in this music. i could see i might have a different > preference with other music.
Hi netchord, I did a similar test once, but got a different result though. I had the 2 comparison tracks loaded 5 times each in play list. I hit shuffle (without looking at result), then play. I then took a note of what track I thought was playing. After the ten tracks finished, I compared my notes with the proper play list. This showed that "I" couldn't distinguish between the tracks. But if you get 9 or 10 correct then the test needs to be repeated a few more times with nearly 100% accuracy. > btw, the server is converting the AIF file to FLAC, so i can only > speculate that the lack of server overhead for the native FLAC file > accounts for the difference. I tested something similar on a Windows LMS by turning the interactive virus scan on and off multiple times. This gave a 20 to 30% CPU load and lots of disk activity. I assumed this would be a greater load on the PC than just converting to flac without being too great to critically slow network activity. This test showed to me that "I" couldn't hear a difference. I have a few friends that can hear these minute differences, I have to believe they can because they will "never" do a test to prove it to me. regards Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104227 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
