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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