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post #31 of 102
12/8/11 at 2:08am

now that my entire itunes libary is lossless i can never go back :'(

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post #32 of 102
12/8/11 at 2:49am

No listening, pure luck.  Probability is 0.78125%. beerchug.gif

 

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Edited by kingpage - 12/8/11 at 2:53am
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post #33 of 102
12/8/11 at 8:25am
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You've condescended yourself... 



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post #34 of 102
12/8/11 at 9:10am
Thread Starter 

Thank you very much for this knowledge

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post #35 of 102
12/8/11 at 9:18am

First time I went to that site I couldn't tell at all, and now I haven't got any wrong one in 12 or so tries. Practice makes perfect, like with anything. Kind of made me question why I had 320kbit/s on my portable, so that's down to 190 now.

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post #36 of 102
12/9/11 at 12:20pm

I got it wrong 100% first time and got it right 93% second time. Stopped 24 hours in between. They're very difficult tracks and I'm using quite a bit of equipment (IDK if that even matters but I figured it's worth mention) but it takes practice. Once you notice it, you can't unnotice it... Don't let this thing stop anyone from keeping a lossless record of all your good songs...

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post #37 of 102
12/9/11 at 1:57pm

ok i just ripped 'the pink panther' theme by mr. henri mancini

 

128, 320 and wav lossless [1411 Kbps]

 

i put the 3 files in the same folder and turned away from my computer / told my co-worker to fire up a track and let it play for a bit - it wasn't even close, i knew which was each each time without fail

 

source:  random dell pc digital out

dac/amp:  fiio e7 e9

cans:  grado 125i / fostex t50rp [both stock]

 

i cannot tell the difference from the site though, i listened intently to the two clips back to back / makes me wonder if there even is a difference - i don't know anything about webpagebuilding or i'd pull the source code apart and find the raw data of the files and compare them directly...

 

 

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post #38 of 102
12/9/11 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by saujamhamm View Post

ok i just ripped 'the pink panther' theme by mr. henri mancini

 

128, 320 and wav lossless [1411 Kbps]

 

i put the 3 files in the same folder and turned away from my computer / told my co-worker to fire up a track and let it play for a bit - it wasn't even close, i knew which was each each time without fail

 

source:  random dell pc digital out

dac/amp:  fiio e7 e9

cans:  grado 125i / fostex t50rp [both stock]

 

i cannot tell the difference from the site though, i listened intently to the two clips back to back / makes me wonder if there even is a difference - i don't know anything about webpagebuilding or i'd pull the source code apart and find the raw data of the files and compare them directly...

 

 

It's fairly difficult. Tricky songs... I can't even tell what makes me tell the difference. I just get it right almost everytime now.
 

 

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post #39 of 102
12/9/11 at 5:07pm

yeah. As stated, I notice the bitrate of songs in my library whereas with the site, I got around 50%. 

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post #40 of 102
12/9/11 at 11:37pm

I got 8/10 correct. Had to listen to the tracks multiple times.

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post #41 of 102
12/10/11 at 12:01am

Answered the two first wrong and gave up.

 

NOOOOO

 

 

 

 


Edited by Kons - 12/10/11 at 12:02am
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post #42 of 102
12/10/11 at 2:53am


 

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Originally Posted by Hzwwwc2 View Post

Thank you guys for your opinions, I will be lying if I say I don't feel an improvement when I plug out my Sennheiser CX280 and put on HD 650, there is a big improvement, though I can't describe in words.

I'm just a bit frustrated that I can't tell 320kpbs and 128 kbps apart, which makes me think why should I even download lossless anyways.

Of course I'm not using good headphone because I can, but to appreciate the aspects of music that couldn't be discovered by bad headphones. I know that my ears are fairly untrained, and I don't know how besides listening more. 

 

 



The difference between those bitrates is only very prevalent in songs/music with complex mix of sounds or voices; low bitrate tends to gloss over the nuances that the higher bitrate rips will show.

 

If it's a simple music sequence then there should hardly be any difference.

 

It's like piecing together a square with large blocks vs smaller blocks, vs piecing together a CIRCLE with those same blocks.

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post #43 of 102
12/10/11 at 3:24am

After doing my own ABXing with WinABX, I guess I;m not practiced enough, as I cannot tell the difference between WAV rips and 128kbps MP3 rips... Going to the site mentioned by the OP only confirmed that I can't tell the difference.

 

I used an Etymotic Mc5 with WinABX, and a UE TripleFi 10 on the website.

 

For those who could tell, what did you listen for, and what part of the sound made you notice the difference?

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post #44 of 102
12/10/11 at 3:49am

I just realised I forgot to post my results before (8/10). Well I've unfortunately cleared my results before but I'm having another go; so far I'm on 7/7.

Chronological results:

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EDIT:

In the end I finished with 8/10 again.

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Edited by rezel - 12/10/11 at 3:56am
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post #45 of 102
12/10/11 at 3:55am

Come on lads, don't bother posting results to show off unless you go to at least 25 with full 100% accuracy.

 

Like so. tongue.gif

 

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It's all in the hips, and by hips, I mean attack.

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