darrenyeats
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Hmm ... I've certainly heard it for one track (of the 3 tracks in Archimago's lossless versus 320 blind test).There is no system which exposes the difference between lossless and 320 kbps.
Hmm ... I've certainly heard it for one track (of the 3 tracks in Archimago's lossless versus 320 blind test).There is no system which exposes the difference between lossless and 320 kbps.
Hmm ... I've certainly heard it for one track (of the 3 tracks in Archimago's lossless versus 320 blind test).
For one track I correctly picked A from B (not knowing which was lossless and which was 320) 9 times out of 10 times tried. It was the heavy rock track.
I'm happy to accept this is an atypical track - but for me it proves that it's possible with some tracks.
There is no system which exposes the difference between lossless and 320 kbps.
It is likely that there is some correlation between believing that you can hear a difference and spending lots of money on your hifi. There is no correlation between spending lots of money on your hifi and actually being able to hear differences. This has been demonstrated time and time again.
http://archimago.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/high-bitrate-mp3-internet-blind-test_3422.html
There do exist killer samples. Also, and perhaps most annoyingly there are loads of people who claim to be able to distinguish between things when they actually can't. That tends to spoil things for the genuinely golden-eared liked yourself.Wrong, which is why I used Foobar2000's ABX plugin, and some STAX headphones, where I could reliably tell between FLAC and 320kbps mp3. IIRC I was using Dead Can Dance tracks...
Just because most people don't have a system resolving enough to tell the differences, or perhaps aren't experienced critical listeners in this context (Archimago's test base) doesn't mean that there aren't differences.
...I will concede that the differences are slight; FLAC has a touch more 'air' at the top end.
There do exist killer samples. Also, and perhaps most annoyingly there are loads of people who claim to be able to distinguish between things when they actually can't. That tends to spoil things for the genuinely golden-eared liked yourself.
I recommend posting your results on Hydrogen Audio where they will be delighted to learn from your experience in refining the codecs.
On my Linn system the difference between Tidal and Spotify is like listening with a blanket over the speakers (Spotify) or not (Tidal). Listening through my Bose Bluetooth speaker makes no difference which service I use.
Bill.
don't think I will bother then - thanks
There is no system which exposes the difference between lossless and 320 kbps.
It is likely that there is some correlation between believing that you can hear a difference and spending lots of money on your hifi. There is no correlation between spending lots of money on your hifi and actually being able to hear differences. This has been demonstrated time and time again.
http://archimago.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/high-bitrate-mp3-internet-blind-test_3422.html