This *should* work. I think you had an extra hyphen in there, and
you're missing some sox resampling options goodness ;)
[sox] -q -V0 -D -t wav $FILE$ -t raw -b 24 -c 2 -e signed-integer -L
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Not at all, it's copy-and-pasted from a completely unrelated
script...the hyphen in that case would go last, not in the middle.
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I am a bit confused. Are you saying your line works?
Yes, but not in SqueezeCenter.
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. If
you doubt one, then you doubt the other.
It's much more useful to verify the observed phenomena than to develop
a theory to explain a set of phenomena that may not actually exist.
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networking gear and a UPS.
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if we accept that the current version of LAME sounds better
than the source material to a certain subset of users, we can rest
assured that this will be fixed in the next release.
Phew, apocalypse averted! ;)
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this is the audiophile forum, it's not a question of
relative significance. Lossy encoding is a compromise that the
listener simply doesn't have to make, so why do it?
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collection).
For the rest of the world, it's pretty clear the costs outweigh the
benefits, so they go lossy.
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that if you just do A/B testing, your brain WILL
imagine differences between tracks, and your knowledge of which track
is lossy will lead you to erroneously believe you've spotted a
difference.
Hope that helps.
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kind of masochist.
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demonstrate that the advanced technology is
responsible for the improved sound at all.
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different disc.
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the difference now, there's no
reason to believe we'll be able to prove it in the future. Now, if we
COULD prove people can hear the difference, we may have to wait before
we know WHY, but that's a different thing entirely.
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if he could hear the difference, he'd be the first.
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you're wrong.
Scientists use the scientific method so that others can show exactly
how they are wrong. In this day and age, when someone does not use the
scientific method, it is often precisely because they do not wish to be
shown how wrong they are.
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the laugh test?
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actually needing to pay attention...
As for your 4+ hour trial, seriously, like Pat said, just find a less
sadistic test designer and you'll be much happier with DBT.
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hear something, and
telling them that they have failed to prove that they can hear it.
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because they read trade
magazines. Is it even the least bit relevant to a company if they can
actually hear the difference?
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its own mechanical noises, there's no wonder the Duet sounds better.
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Anyone want to place their bets on when Macrovision-style watermarking
is applied to iTunes music? If a watermark it to survive lossy
transcoding, it will most likely be audible...
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I like SqueezeBoxes myself. I've bought several. But I understand the
joy of pulling an old cherished album out of its sleeve, and I know that
I'm giving that up. There IS a downside. For me, the advantages simply
outweigh that.
Hell, dust allergies alone...
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, but pseudo-objectivists
love them anyway.
That's the tension. People want answers. Tests give answers. Most
tests are bad tests and give wrong answers, but people don't care about
that so much, because what they really want is justification.
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moving in a whole new direction. When it comes to providing answers,
they're not so good, unfortunately.
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john4456;411418 Wrote:
Isn't the great triumph of blind testing that it enables advertisers to
claim that 128kbs mp3 is cd quality ?
No. Any other questions?
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, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
That depends on how you define truth.
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is what makes most
PC-ABX testing worthless, because those tests are more constrained by
their listening setup than the media they're testing.
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be several tracks that naturally won't
compress right.
There's no question that these tracks exist. The question is always:
what's the likelihood that one of those tracks is in my collection?
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is still waiting for this to be demonstrated in a reputable test.
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classify themselves as subjectivists have a lot to offer in
terms of setting up the test environment correctly, but it's not
meaningful without the double-blind test at the end.
That's my two cents. Really not trying to troll, perhaps succeeding
anyway. My first venture into this fray.
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convert to a new format without losing any data (unless you
choose to convert to a lossy format). Also use EAC if it works on your
platform--not all CD rippers are created equal.
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Ah, with that I'm afraid I can't help you. You could always experiment
yourself to find out, but that's certainly not as easy as a simple
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a visual inspection may not help you determine what
condition your CDs are in. Go with EAC, because it's the only way to
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I imagine you're seeing this:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4024
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a place that really even understands the
concept of double-blind though.
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it. A few minutes listening to one of their systems and I want
their system so bad my teeth hurt. The world's a better place with
them. Especially if they live close-by.
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the tweak). Invest in a one-way mirror if you want to try for
double-blind.
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main test, because your main test relies on them. Which is why it's
easier, in the long run, not to use such assumptions at all.
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by proponents of double-blind
tests)...is this correct?
Not all tests involve self-aware subjects. If you drop two stones from
a tower, it doesn't really matter if you tell them what you're doing
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If dismiss means needs some sort of evidence then it's not that
funny ;)
The objectivist label can get self-misapplied just like the
audiophile label. It's not like there's a membership badge you have
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and clearly even to the best of us. And the only solution is evidence.
Pile it on until they cry uncle.
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