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Old 03-14-2008, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Febs View Post
Because if the losses shown in your graphs are not audible, they are irrelevant. ABX testing tests whether those losses are audible and therefore provides a meaningful way to compare codecs. The graphs do not, or at least, they do not provide a meaningful comparison in the absence of a listening test to determine whether the losses matter.
i agree that your first reference should always be your ears. But a Bandwidth test is a useful tool when setting up a sound system. There is a reason to that, a microphone will always hear more than you do ...
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