Triode;690369 Wrote: > I'm interested in a few testers to see if they can tell any audible > difference between a few cases using a blind testing applet I've put > together for Touch called "Audio Blind Tester". The idea is that it > allows multiple people to evaluate a set of configurations and rate > which sounds preferable without knowing which configuration they are > listening to at the specific time. This is intended to help validate > that specific configurations really do sound better... > > The applet only supports changes which can be made on the fly without > restarting Touch, but I hope this is useful enough to try out some > mods. > > To try following the following steps: > - add the url: > http://triodeapplets.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/audiotestrepo.xml to your > additional repositories section on the LMS plugin setting page > - from the Touch menu: Settings, Advanced, Applet Installer; unselect > "recommended only" and install "Audio Blind Tester" > > When the Touch reboots, there should be a new option on the Extras > menu: "Audio Blind Tester", this contains a list of test sets which you > can run (two by default) when you enter a test set you will navigate > through a series of test which compare two setting ("Test case A" and > "Test case B"). These represent randomly selected pairs of > configurations and you can select either one as many times as necessary > from the menu to make a decision of which sounds preferable. Once you > have, select the "Record Preference" menu and then select whether A > B > (A sounds better than B), A < B (A sounds worse than B) or A = B (sound > the same). Once you have registered your preference the menu will move > onto the next pair of test cases. Rate each pair and you will get to a > Results menu which records the scores of each of the underlying test. > Each case gets a +1 score if you preferred it, a -1 score if you did > not prefer it and 0 if you did not hear any difference. > > The purpose of the applet is to see if the same person always rates the > same test cases as preferable and if other users rate the cases in the > same way. > > I've included two test sets with the applet: > - Audio Tests #1 - demo test set which shows how the applet works > - Audio Tests #2 - test set including some changes which may impact > audio > > I'd be interested in people's scores for each of these cases and also > whether they can regularly rate the different options within a test set > in the same order. [If this is so then it justifies that configuration > as a "better" configuration]. I'll post later on whether there is > actually any difference, so will hold off explaining this now... > > Expert users: > The test applet can be extended by adding additional xml files into the > /usr/share/jive/applets/AudioBlindTester folder containing > configurations which can be started and stopped via linux commands. > See tests1.xml as an example, but don't post here what's in it as this > will spoil people's enjoyment of the test :) > > Please post if you think this is useful and specifically if you can > regularly rate either of the test sets in a specific order.
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