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In Reply to: RE: The "science" is not nearly as interesting as the results of the "listening test"... posted by geezerrocket on October 08, 2015 at 09:00:05
... in a blind listening test. This would seem to imply that hi-rez is not worse sounding than 16/44 (not better sounding either).
How many people here even read that part of the article?
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If I recall correctly, many of the "hi-rez" selections in that test were just standard rez recordings in hi-rez containers. If that's true, then no wonder people couldn't tell a difference.
I've been running this "MP3 vs CD" test (the MP3 converted back to a "CD quality container"), and over 60 percent of the people prefer the converted MP3 track. If people have a hard time distinguishing between those resolutions, I can believe the difficulty in regard to CD quality vs. high-rez.
Heck, I recently took a listening test which I thought the 128 kbps MP3 was the most-resolute track.
I agree with another comment here that half the problem is the recordings themselves haven't exactly been stellar. And I do believe the reason for the awful recordings is a combination of intermingling of formats and designers who I think don't have a solid grasp of DSP/signal theory. (I personally think ProTools in particular is absolute garbage.)
And finally, I believe the RFI from active digital processing "confuses" the brain in regard to sonic differences..... I liken it to conducting a taste test in a perfume shop.
...Please elaborate! Taken literally, you're stating that the human sensory system is capable of directly responding to RF electromagnetic radiation at nW levels. I can understand how rampant RFI from digital sources, processors and other sources "could" cause audible artifacts in susceptible electronics but it doesnt strike me as reasonable that humans would be directly affected.
... "felt" or alerted to the presence of another person before you actually see them?You are walking down the street and, for some unknown reason, something alerts you to notice that someone else's gaze is fixated upon you? An enemy or competitor walks behind you and, somehow, you can "feel" their eyes burning into the back of your head?
It is all because of RFI and/or one of it's subtle variants. This "RFI" is everywhere and in everything - if you'd care to take notice of it, that is. Think of RFI in terms of a few of it's associated elaborations: IRS, CIA, NAFTA. No one in their right mind would deny the power of RFI in the modern world.
Edits: 10/11/15
...with all of the other issues audiophiles have to contend with we now have the IRS, CIA and NAFTA breathing down our necks. And they're using RFI emitted by our digital components to do it.
.., perhaps only Todd knows the answer?Or, whatever the answer is, who is to say it isn't the right one?
Edits: 10/11/15
...how can one know what one believes (or another asserts) to be the truth really is?
OK, I give up. How?
Listen to more Pink Floyd and Moody Blues. It's all there.
:)
Well, at least you didn't say "yep!".
Anything is possible, I guess.
"Anything is possible, I guess."
Much of music and audio is a scam. It is done for money and not for love of music. Even if the music is played for love by the musicians, many of the people who produce and sell the records are in it for the money. Many of these people are parasites who make their living by exploiting musicians.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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