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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by mlindner on Sunday December 09, 2018 @04:14PM (#18643315)
I think some of it is whether you're used to listening to the type of music. All those samples are types of music I don't normally listen to and thus scored 0%. They're also mostly low-information songs that are vocal-heavy. Vocal-heavy music is very easy to compress compared to say something like electronic or EDM type music which will easily create distortion with lower bitrates.
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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by nathan_f77 on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:03PM (#18643882)
I got 4 / 6 with some old Apple EarPods plugged into my laptop. I think it was probably just luck, because I picked the 128kbps MP3 for both of the ones that I got wrong.

It's fun to think that I might be able to distinguish between uncompressed audio and 320kbps MP3. I didn't think it was possible. I had a hearing test recently, and they did say that I have better than average hearing. But yeah it was probably just random.

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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by nathan_f77 on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:17PM (#18643942)
Whoa I just put on a nicer pair of headphones (Plantronics BackBeat Pro), and I think I might be able to tell the difference between uncompressed audio and 320kbps MP3.

I just did this test and got the first two right: https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/5/15168340/lossless-audio-mu...

The third one was really tricky so I had to guess. But the first two were a really clear difference. Uncompressed kind of sounds "fuller" and sharper, and MP3 is a bit flatter. It's a tiny difference but I think I can hear it.

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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by anotheryou on Monday December 10, 2018 @04:06AM (#18646361)
too bad they don't randomize the sample order, makes the public % of people getting it right useless.

The first sample surprised me on how much of a difference it was, on the 2nd I was wrong, on the 3rd completely lost, but I guess that's by design.

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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by anotheryou on Monday December 10, 2018 @03:53AM (#18646304)
I agree. counter-intuitively I heard the biggest difference in the base
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