Well, as promised, the high bitrate MP3 test is now closed!
In total, I received 151 responses. For those who participated / downloaded the test files - *SET B was the MP3*.
Results and write up will follow. For now, I have posted on my blog the whole procedure and how the encoding was done. Some of you will have noticed that the spectral analysis looked different from the "usual" MP3 appearance.
Thanks again for participating!
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Topic - Blind Test of High Bitrate MP3 Closed! - Archimago 11:32:44 02/1/13 (46)
- UPDATE: Part 4 out - Subjective Impressions - Archimago 11:59:29 02/5/13 (1)
- RE: UPDATE: Part 4 out - Subjective Impressions - sunnysal 09:37:00 02/6/13 (0)
- What did participants like better in one set over the other? - hfavandepas 04:27:26 02/5/13 (1)
- RE: What did participants like better in one set over the other? - Archimago 07:24:21 02/5/13 (0)
- More expensive gear exposes short comings of the original record - Feanor 18:33:29 02/4/13 (1)
- RE: More expensive gear exposes short comings of the original record - audioengr 11:49:25 02/5/13 (0)
- Question for you: what's the take-away from this test for you personally? - carcass93 14:30:29 02/4/13 (3)
- RE: Question for you: what's the take-away from this test for you personally? - Archimago 15:37:13 02/4/13 (2)
- Am I sure? Yeah, I think so. - carcass93 21:08:29 02/4/13 (1)
- RE: Am I sure? Yeah, I think so. - Archimago 07:16:58 02/5/13 (0)
- RE: Blind Test of High Bitrate MP3 Closed! - sunnysal 09:47:51 02/4/13 (1)
- RE: Blind Test of High Bitrate MP3 Closed! - Archimago 16:02:11 02/4/13 (0)
- I wonder... - Presto 08:51:44 02/4/13 (5)
- RE: I wonder... - audioengr 10:31:40 02/4/13 (4)
- RE: I wonder... - Tony Lauck 14:39:19 02/4/13 (0)
- RE: I wonder... - Archimago 10:50:45 02/4/13 (2)
- RE: I wonder... - audioengr 11:55:53 02/4/13 (1)
- RE: I wonder... - Archimago 15:04:16 02/4/13 (0)
- "In a blind test, most listeners would actually consider the MP3 tracks as sounding better!": no surprize - Feanor 08:33:38 02/4/13 (0)
- RE: Blind Test of High Bitrate MP3 Closed! - msa 07:22:10 02/3/13 (0)
- No surprises to me personally, namely: - carcass93 14:18:56 02/2/13 (4)
- RE: No surprises to me personally, namely: - Archimago 23:24:41 02/2/13 (1)
- RE: No surprises to me personally, namely: - TubeDriver 10:54:59 02/3/13 (0)
- RE: No surprises to me personally, namely: - theob 14:37:09 02/2/13 (1)
- RE: No surprises to me personally, namely: - audioengr 16:05:18 02/2/13 (0)
- reactions - audioengr 10:43:54 02/2/13 (15)
- RE: reactions - Tony Lauck 06:36:16 02/3/13 (10)
- RE: reactions - audioengr 10:42:22 02/3/13 (9)
- RE: reactions - Tony Lauck 10:52:43 02/3/13 (8)
- RE: reactions - audioengr 15:24:42 02/3/13 (7)
- RE: reactions - Tony Lauck 17:37:36 02/3/13 (6)
- RE: reactions - Archimago 15:52:31 02/4/13 (2)
- RE: reactions - Tony Lauck 16:52:20 02/4/13 (1)
- RE: reactions - Archimago 16:58:23 02/4/13 (0)
- "which was the most interesting music" - you are full of surprises, Tony! - carcass93 11:20:38 02/4/13 (1)
- RE: "which was the most interesting music" - you are full of surprises, Tony! - Tony Lauck 16:50:47 02/4/13 (0)
- RE: reactions - audioengr 21:27:41 02/3/13 (0)
- RE: reactions - Archimago 23:19:09 02/2/13 (3)
- RE: reactions - audioengr 10:43:31 02/3/13 (0)
- RE: reactions - dRRD 03:52:14 02/3/13 (1)
- RE: reactions - rick_m 11:35:31 02/3/13 (0)
- RESULTS OUT... - Archimago 09:41:37 02/2/13 (0)
- I'd be very interested in seeing your analysis regarding.... - carcass93 06:49:47 02/2/13 (0)
- RE: Blind Test of High Bitrate MP3 Closed! - Archimago 12:48:13 02/1/13 (2)
- RE: Blind Test of High Bitrate MP3 Closed! - AbeCollins 15:34:49 02/1/13 (1)
- I'll be interested in encoding details; I found the difference more detectable than when I ... - Jim Stoneburner 00:52:17 02/2/13 (0)