TMRaven
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Well I'm talking nothing of the actual waveform in the music here-- only bit depth.
Well I'm talking nothing of the actual waveform in the music here-- only bit depth.
16 bits dithered of course, mp3 bitdepth isn't comparable to PCM.
It might just be me or the abx tests I've done. The most noticeable difference in perceived 'loudness' is the Barrio San Miguel song on mp3ornot. The other two songs I struggle to guess right at times, but the punchiness in the dynamics on that song has led me to abx with 100% accuracy from all the times I've tried it.
For me, here are my observations. Sennheiser HD800 - ALO Continental - CLAS - iPod Classic; Running this song.
Maroon 5 - Tangled (128 Kbps): Soundstage seems to be more congested, not as micro detailed, and a bit muddled.
Maroon 5 - Tangled (256 Kbps) - A lot better, more airness, not as congested, seems like I can listen "in between the lines".
Maroon 5 - Tangled (320 Kbps) Very little difference between 256 Kbps in terms of micro detail, might be mental.
Maroon 5 - Tangled (ALAC Lossless) - Can't distinguish a difference between 320 Kbps. I think I hear a slight bit of micro detail at the get go though. More than likely just mental.
Using an HD800 for this could almost be considered cheating.
Try running those files through an ABX app and see if you're still able to identify what is what or what is different from what. ABXer is a testing app for OSX. I believe there's also some ABX apps for iOS as well.
i have done a lot of blind testing using foobar 2000, however i can't really listend to any lossy formats including vorbis q10(AoTuV), mp3 320kbps, mp3 v0(lame) anymore, i started to listend a lot more to musik after i downloaded my first flac album, after that album there was no such thing as turning back($20 speakers), i have never failed to hear the differense between flac and lossy with my current setup
Now that I'll need results to believe.