Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?
by nathan_f77 on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:17PM
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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.
Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?
by anotheryou on Monday December 10, 2018 @04:06AM
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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.
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.