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

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 02:06:42PM +0100, Matthew Robbetts wrote:


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

Generally speaking, if you're hearing impaired, your ear no longer
functions as anticipated by the psychoacoustic model. That said, the
encoder will produce something which sounds different to what you're
used to, thus making such files distinguishable.


So it's certainly the exception, not the rule.

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