I just said a few posts back that I took an vinyl rip of 24/96 and downed it to 16/44.1 and could tel the difference most of the time.
Was that 9/10 or 8/10 - this is important, most also includes 6/10 which is not significant. Do you have the samples still, it would be interesting to look at them. I have to say I am still skeptical, why, well there was a peer reviewed published study that used 60 audiophile listeners and over 500 trials and apart from the extra noise when listening really loud none of the subjects could detect the difference between DVD-A/SACD and the same downsampled to 16/44.1 - which may mean that you have exceptional ears or there is a methodological problem such as insufficient trials or poor downsampling method. I am sorry to appear picky on this , but what you are saying is at odds with current research.
I did the same for a 24/192 DVD-Audio rip. There are no rules in ABing of what you have to listen to, and I chose select parts of the songs. Yeah, more resolution won't do any good if everything is loud, but loudness is the industry's art, not the artists' art. Take a look at how many older artists are on labels, but then release AWESOME HD masters to buy and download off of their sites...so they release them independently. We will be seeing more of this, but it will take a while for mainstream artists to do it because all they know how to do is sing and dance for 1 or 2 albums and then get addicted to drugs, go to jail, or fulfill their contracts through reality TV shows.