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Fatigue

I just did 10 ABX tests on alt preset extreme vs. the original waves and scored 9/10 ... not bad for someone who tested with bad hearing (1.1% chance of guessing).  BUT - after about 6 tries, each test took longer and longer - it was really hard to pick apart.  Is this fatigue common?

The testing software would be better if I could keep the results from my first tests and switch to different songs ... would have lessened the fatigue.

Fatigue

Reply #1 –
Fatigue is very common, especially at this type of strenuous listening.  I'm kind of sorry for you, though, since you hear the difference between those high bitrates

Congrats!

Fatigue

Reply #2 –
Just for fun I took a song and encoded it into FLAC, OGG, MP3, and Musepack, along with the original WAV, and tested them blindly myself. For the first couple times I could guess which file type it was, then I couldent. (They were all on the maximum quality possible)

I am guessing it is common
And if you believe theres not a chance to die...

Fatigue

Reply #3 –
I've guessed many times and got positive abx. Bottom line is that with  high bitrate sensitive tests you really need a confident score ( <1%) if you only do a single trial - or do several trials with a good score. If differences are easy and I am confident of what I am hearing I can settle for 1-3%.