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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Re: [SurroundSound] Re: Can you tell the difference and find the original?

Actually just using 2.0 tracks instead of 5.1 would probably have made the
test more sensitive. As Floyd Toole notes in his book, surround itself is
more forgiving, masking in a number of audio flaws.


> First of all I will send my comments to Grill over the weekend as I said
> I would. But an interesting thing has cropped up - I find I had time
> enough
> for a quick listen on my study set up which is the only set up that I
> now
> have a DVD-A player (Pioneer 565a) as I have for the moment
> de-commissioned
> my Denon as for my reference system as I prefer my "tuned" HTPC.
> The interesting thing is that the DVD-A didn't half try hard to mask the
> evident smear, bordering on drop-outs on two of the tracks (we can guess
> which these are) which on my study PC was almost unlistenable to me.
> Now when I've listened on my reference system I will pass on my comments
> to Grill, not that I haven't made a judgement already.
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Steven Sullivan <ssully@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, but here's a tip: to better *approach* scientific proof, it's best
>> for
>> people NOT to post their guesses publicly until *after* everyone's
>> answers
>> are in, to ensure subjects' answers are independent, i.e., they aren't
>> influenced by other subjects' answers.
>>
>>
>> > Some of us may think or hear different. We'll see it from the replies,
>> > although we won't be able to get a scientific proof here as I mentined
>> > it iin another thread.
>> >
>> > On febr. 1, 00:33, "Steven Sullivan" <ssu...@panix.com> wrote:
>> >> Difficult? I thought the differences between lossy and lossles,
>> between
>> >> standard rez and high, were supposed to be obvious?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I can add/change/omit tracks or give more info if the test proves
>> to
>> >> > be too difficult. We are not in a hurry so take your listening
>> time. I
>> >> > may invite the best assessor for a bottle of Hungarian wine during
>> his
>> >> > next visit to Budapest :-)
>> >>
>> >> > On jan. 31, 22:20, elshagon <elsha...@msn.com> wrote:
>> >> >> Too bad there's not an ac3 (dolby digital) track also, that's
>> where
>> >> >> you see a huge drop in quality.
>> >>
>> >> >> On Jan 31, 2:00 am, "Dave Cooper" <davecooper1...@yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > Oh good, an ambisonic test, oh sorry read it wrong lol
>> >>
>> >> >> > I'm offering you a WXYZ comparison test to check the audio
>> >> >> evaluation
>> >> >> > capability of your ears and mind. The hotlinked Hotfile link
>> below
>> >> >> > leads you to a DVD-audio disc image that contains four 5.1 24/96
>> >> >> > tracks of the same audio material encoded as:
>> >>
>> >> >> > - unaltered original MLP 5.1 24/96,
>> >> >> > - DTS 5.1 (755 kbps),
>> >> >> > - DTS 5.1 (1510 kbps),
>> >> >> > - DTS 24/96 5.1 (1510 kbps).
>> >>
>> >> >> > DTS-HD MAS 2.50.20 was used for DTS encoding and AudioMuxer with
>> >> >> > ArcSoft DTS decoder was used for DTS decoding.
>> >>
>> >> >> > Your task is to determine the correct encoding order, at least
>> to
>> >> >> find
>> >> >> > the original without using audio evaluating softwares. You can
>> PM
>> >> me
>> >> >> > your guess and I'll send you the right answer back. Bravehearts
>> can
>> >> >> > reply publicly. Btw, I meant this to be a funny game so don't
>> take
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> > too seriously (although there is no trick or scam in the testing
>> >> >> > material).
>> >>
>> >> >> >http://hotfile.com/list/1973773/7086aff
>> >>
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