Re: [Bulk] Re: Lossy audio to lossless format

Ricardus Vincente <wizardofgosz@xxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 05 Oct 2014 13:18:38 -0400



    On 10/05/2014 11:39 AM, Paul Davis wrote:

    
          On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Chris
            Bannister <cbannister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
            wrote:

            
              Spot on Ralf! You've said it way better than I ever could.

              Once you've actually *heard* good sound, an MP3 coming
              from a computer

              just doesn't cut it.

            
            have you ever actually done a double bind test of
              256kbps or 320kbps mp3 vs PCM data? 

              
            i challenge you to take one. almost nobody that has
              ever taken such a test can tell the difference (which
              actually means that when predicting which is which, they
              do not get the answer right more than 50% of the time,
              indicating that they actually have no basis for the
              supposed claim of being able to discriminate).

              
            the hydrogen audio forums are a
                good place to read up on such tests, as is a google
                search, though most of the really solid double blind
                test papers are behind paywalls.

                
     Yes. And this extends to 16/44.1 vs. 24/96 and
      24/192.

      
       The rest is just religion.

    
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