Re: [LAU] ABX test (was Re: What is the best MP3 encoder?)

From: Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 03 2013 - 21:21:45 EEST

On 04/03/2013 08:20 PM, J. Liles wrote:
> What plugin? Is there an ABX tester for linux that actually works?
>
>

Maybe I'm just stupid. I thought I read about one somewhere in this
thread. But there does seem to be an ABX test software out there..

Flo

> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Florian Paul Schmidt
> <mista.tapas@email-addr-hidden <mailto:mista.tapas@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
>
> On 04/03/2013 09:02 AM, Peder Hedlund wrote:
>
>
> Which might very well be because you know that it's an MP3 and
> you "know" MP3s sound bad.
> Please do show that you can't stand MP3s by providing an ABX
> score.
>
> - Peder
>
>
> And just to add to that a little bit of (maybe friendly) advice to
> Ralf (Sorry Peter, for hijacking your post):
>
> Ralf, this is a chance to grow as a human. Have your convictions
> challenged and learn about nature and yourself. Since you are
> emotionally invested into knowing you're right, this is
> potentially especially valuable. Since people who are emotionally
> invested in their convictions often take a little time to adjust
> to having an essential part of their world view shattered (I
> personally know some people who went from being religious to being
> open about what we can really learn about nature - so I have a a
> little bit of experience with this), do the double blind test in
> the privacy of your home. I learned about the ABX plugin from this
> thread. What a great opportunity :D Do not report back to us, what
> you found. Let it sink, repeat the test a few times with different
> material, different encodings, etc., and find out what difference
> you can REALLY hear.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Flo
>
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> Florian Paul Schmidt
> http://fps.io
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