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

From: J. Liles <malnourite@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 03 2013 - 21:24:35 EEST

Well, 'abx' doesn't work and is dead. There's apparently some python
reimplementation of it, but it uses mercurial and I didn't feel like
dealing with both hg and python. If there's something that actually works,
I'd definitely like to know what it is.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Florian Paul Schmidt
<mista.tapas@email-addr-hiddenwrote:

> 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> 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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>> http://fps.io
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