[xnor]

Hello,
 
here are three hi-res test files in the format 24/96 encoded as FLAC to save space. The files are all different.
 
edit: test closed
 
Please try to sort the files by audio quality, best first.
Feel free to describe the differences you heard.
 
Good luck.
 
Hint to those still doing the test: ignore the file sizes, frequency spectra etc. and also what other people wrote, just try to concentrate on hearing differences, if any.

 

[Avi]

I cannot.
 
Straight listening as well as ABXing A/B, A/C, and B/C, I cannot tell the difference
 
Guess my ears are run of the mill, if not worse
 
(Foobar using ASIO and ReplayGain --> DACport LX --> Corda Jazz --> Denon D7000)

 

[xnor]

Thanks for the honesty!
 
I'll wait for a couple more replies until I'll disclose the secret.

 

[wuwhere]

I'm downloading them now.

 

[wuwhere]

At least to my ears and my system, all 3 sound almost the same or the same, but I slightly prefer B, I thought it sounded less bright. But after listening listening to all 3 again and again and again, they start to sound the same.

 

[nick_charles]

I failed to detect differences between the 3 files.

 

[parnold]

I can barely tell, going to guess

C  then a-b?

 

[Parall3l]

So what exactly is the difference that we're supposed to hear? the file sizes seem to be the same
 
Edit: Nope, no difference. 
 
 

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

Inverted phase on one track and the DAW shows no difference

 

[Golila3]

Nope, I don't. I thought b was the worst the first time through, but during the second time on track b, I felt all of them were the same again.

 

[Puranti]

Seriously can't tell the difference even at very high volumes.

 

[stv014]

I cannot hear a difference between the files.

 

[stv014]

EDIT: reply to the post below: OK, the additional file and spoiler have been deleted.
I do plan to create loopback and other tests later in another thread using different files, though.

 

[xnor]

Please don't post additional files.
 
Maybe in a further test we could do some loopback recordings. This test however, doesn't include A/D conversion, that much I can reveal.

 
Hint to those still doing the test: ignore the file sizes, frequency spectra etc. and also what other people wrote, just try to concentrate on hearing differences, if any

 

[PFULMTL]

I would say from best to worst:  B > C > A.   B and C sound similar, but B had a more pronounced sound when hitting the instruments.  A had some misc sounds/static(?) near the beginning, which I would guess are artifacts.  I noticed a difference from the second I played B after playing A for the first time.  Although they all had noticable static with my homemade AKG K167 + Fiio E7.
I think it would be better with a longer sample?  Maybe 30 sec to a minute long.

 

[stv014]

Quote:

Although they all had noticable static with my homemade AKG K167 + Fiio E7.

 
Doesn't the E7 (not the newer E07K) only support 48000 Hz/16-bit ? Did you compare the files blind, using an ABX comparator ?
If you really heard noise in a.flac that was not there in b.flac, you probably listened fairly loud