bigshot
Headphoneus Supremus
I have done blind tests. Had to for my degree
What codec did you test?
I have done blind tests. Had to for my degree
There is a section about equipment/price
What codec did you test?
Frauenhofer or LAME? I can usually hear the difference with 320 Frauenhofer, but not LAME. And AAC is even better. AAC 256 VBR is completely transparent.
It was a few years back, but the ProTools workstation I had did Frauenhofer. The MP3s weren't very good straight out of ProTools.
It was Pro Tools 10. Pro Tools uses Frauenhofer algorithms, not LAME.
The Frauenhofer codec is a decade old now. Compression technology has gotten a LOT better since. I bet if you did the same with an AAC 320 file, you wouldn't get the same results at all.
Let me know what you find out. I did the test with AIFF vs Frauenhofer, LAME and AAC, and I could detect a difference all the way up to 320. The difference at LAME 320 was very very slight. But with AAC, it was imperceptible. AAC is MP4, not MP3.
The codec is the biggest factor.
Was your own test blind like your wife's?
The cancelled out file- how low a dB was left with AAC?