Propeller Head Plaza: RE: What is it that you are trying to say? by John Atkinson Technical and scientific discussion of amps, cables and other topics.

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Posted by John Atkinson (R ) on October 16, 2007 at 04:46:42

In Reply to: RE: What is it that you are trying to say? posted by tlyyra on October 15, 2007 at 11:06:51:

> > ...the opportunity to compare the hi-rez originals with Red Book
> > versions and increasingly lossily compressed MP3s. Not scientific
> > testing, of course, but surely direct experience of something is more
> > educational than reading about it?"
>
> It depends. In general I tend to find it just the other way around.

Okay. Then the question needs to be asked. Given your strong support for
the findings of the Meyer-Moran tests, how much experience do _you_ have
of audio recorded at higher sample rates and greater bit depths than CD?
How many blind tests have you performed or taken part in to be so sure
that the Meyer-Moran tests are "the best evidence available"?

I have been recording in hi-rez since 1997. I have done many comparisons
both blind and sighted, and I am in no doubt that there is a difference in
sound quality between hi-rez and CD data. Now it can be argued that this
difference is a degradation, as Dan Lavry does, or that it is an
improvement, as I do. But my experience is that a difference exists. Why,
then, should I put aside my own experience in favor of the results of the
Meyer-Moran tests?

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

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