[axim]

But the test is kind of stupid, always the same clip is right. They should be shuffled (A and B), so you could test it more often...
Got it right though with old Sennheiser HD 530 II

 

[joelongwood]

Got it right with my venerable Sony MDR-V6s. Since my age precludes hearing the ultra high frequencies, I focused on the vocal........definitely more body and texture with the higher bitrate sample. Those of you who couldn't hear a difference, don't worry. Your hearing is probably fine, but you just need more practice. Hey, this is tough stuff.

 

[vvanrij]

Got it right after 2x listening each clip. The 'correct' one just sounded much more alive on my K601!

 

[hakjk]

It was hard to tell, but there is a difference.

 

[dap_pad]

Nice, got it right too

So that means my iBasso D2 and HFI-780 are a waste of money LOL

 

[smeggy]

I got it right within seconds, the other one had a very nasty glare to it that was immediately obvious and almost made me wince.

 

[rocdoc]

Night and day. Should show this to any geeky snots who still try to tell you there is no difference.

 

[Steggy]

i got it right.

the 320s intrumental introduction after the singers note were much brighter.

i was usin senns 595s

 

[rocdoc]

And an added piece of info: I was using the JBL external speakers of my iMac when I spotted it right off. Imagine it with good quality cans...

 

[hakjk]

I tried with cheapo headphone, I coundn't tell this time..

 

[StanRex]

Tested using my 5 years old, ****ty 80$ hercules 5.1 speakers and heard a difference : sound seemed more flat in one of the samples so I said the other one was the 320 and it was right.

I should probably plug in my se530 and do the test to see if other differences can be spotted though

 

[Joost]

I got it right, I could here it right at the beginning of the clip, when there are a lot of sounds together. They seem to mash-up together more with the lower-quality version. But a part of it was luck too, I guess...

It listened on Grado SR-60's straight out of my MacBook.

 

[tfarney]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joost /img/forum/go_quote.gif I got it right, I could here it right at the beginning of the clip, when there are a lot of sounds together. They seem to mash-up together more with the lower-quality version. But a part of it was luck too, I guess... It listened on Grado SR-60's straight out of my MacBook.

Yeah, you'd really have to test many listenings to have anything approaching a statistic sample. The 50/50 chance of getting it right pretty much invalidates this as research. And I think you'd then have to test a variety of music samples. Some might reveal the difference more than others. It's still interesting, though. I'd like to see it done right. Then I'd like to see them test 320kbps against lossless. When ripping my cd collection to hard drive, I started with 320kbps, then about halfway through, switched to lossless. I'm not at all sure I can tell the difference. If A/B-ing the same music, maybe, but I'm pretty sure I could play a song at random and be completely unable to ID it as 320 vs. lossless. I still re-ripped the first half to lossless, just because I could...

Tim

 

[verbaan]

Got it right. The difference is quite obvious too (using K601's and DA-131 dac). The cymbals sound louder and more 'airy' on the 320 sample, for instance. However I must say that I too, thought that the difference would be greater. Maybe this particular sound sample is not the best to test the differences. I would love to see a comparison between lossless and 320kb (or 128 kb for that matter). And other samples too.

Ruben

 

[n00b_r0xx0r]

i hear no difference. even tried abx-ing with foobar