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

Is the set really not empty, with a good encoder? I am surprised, frankly.


On 24 June 2013 13:17, Paul Davis <[hidden]> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:27 AM, John Rigg <[hidden]> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> > but it's there. :)
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>> If I couldn't hear a difference between an original .wav file and a
>> 256kb/s
>> mp3 I'd repair my monitoring equipment.
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> .. 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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