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

Ah, good idea. I know one person who developed tinnitus and said he became
more sensitive to such things after. I've no idea if tinnitus specifically
is a plausible cause, but I like the explanation overall!


On 24 June 2013 15:05, Adrian Knoth <[hidden]> wrote:

> 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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