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Listening Tests / Re: Personal blind sound quality comparison of xHE-AAC, Ogg Vorbis, and TSAC
Last post by C.R.Helmrich -... I think it would be more useful if:
* Samples used in tests are not handpicked for being challenging, but picked for being representative of average everyday use (talk show, pop music, ..etc).
* Classical codecs are tested at a much lower bitrate than in this test. Maybe a something in the range of 32-48kbps.
Fair points which generally apply to the design of blind listening tests, but (1) the handpicked critical samples are challenging for classical audio codecs* - notice how no sample really stands out with a particularly bad score for TSAC, (2) we have several blind tests of classical codecs at 32, 40, and 48 kbps by Kamedo2 and guruboolez - even there, the scores average way above 2.0 IIRC.
* The most challenging content for AI codecs that I know of, Glockenspiel and triangle, isn't included in Kamedo2's test(s), by the way.
Chris