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New Head-Fier
Here's what I ended up using
- ABXTester to test 320 vs v0 (cannot compare flac)
- XLD for FLAC conversion
For the Brandy album, when compared to unknown 320 source, I could tell the difference with 80% accuracy (with 5 trials). I don't have the FLAC for this album.
For the Mariah album, I converted my own 320s and v0s. My accuracy was between 40-60%, so if we average that that's 50%.
I guess with this experiment it is the source that's causing the difference. I haven't found software that would let me set up a test against FLAC though.
Still I'm not sure if I didn't just get listening fatigue; some of the differences are also around soundstage and spacing, and when I'm listening to small segments at a time that tends to get lost. Would need to spend a lot more time to fully test this.
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Ok now I'm getting 80% on the Mariah track when I listen to half the song for each instead of just snippets.
- ABXTester to test 320 vs v0 (cannot compare flac)
- XLD for FLAC conversion
For the Brandy album, when compared to unknown 320 source, I could tell the difference with 80% accuracy (with 5 trials). I don't have the FLAC for this album.
For the Mariah album, I converted my own 320s and v0s. My accuracy was between 40-60%, so if we average that that's 50%.
I guess with this experiment it is the source that's causing the difference. I haven't found software that would let me set up a test against FLAC though.
Still I'm not sure if I didn't just get listening fatigue; some of the differences are also around soundstage and spacing, and when I'm listening to small segments at a time that tends to get lost. Would need to spend a lot more time to fully test this.
-edit-
Ok now I'm getting 80% on the Mariah track when I listen to half the song for each instead of just snippets.
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