Re: [Jack-Devel] Network Audio Transmission - Quality

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:27 AM, John Rigg <[hidden]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 01:17:31AM +0200, [hidden] wrote:
> > I agree it's important to check by listening and trust the ears! It can
> > fool you though, just try to do the 'pepsi' test with a song as original
> > wave and the same as 256kbit/s mp3. You probably won't hear the
> difference
> > but it's there. :)
>
> If I couldn't hear a difference between an original .wav file and a 256kb/s
> mp3 I'd repair my monitoring equipment.
>

.. and join the small though not empty set of people who are capable of
doing this. double blind testing of 256kbps mp3s and uncompressed digital
audio generally reveal a failure to be able to differentiate, despite what
is said so often in mainstream and technical publications.

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