what value listening tests
Reply #48 – 2010-03-10 11:34:37
My personal life example was to show you why I believe what i do, not too convince you. As to proof - how can you ever prove what I am saying? Something that is totally subjective? If you could figure out how to do that, I would love to hear about it. We can start with proving that you can hear a difference between codec X and codec Y. This is an objective matter.If you have a fully double blind listening test which has the result that AAC is a better codec than say, WMA - is that proof? The subjective judgements of a handful of ordinary human beings like myself? That proves nothing, except perhaps tha the people in the test are no judge of good sound. How can you tell who is a good judge of sound - do they have a sign on their forehead or something? Statistic always have an margin of error. If we make the assumption that the test is intended for the general populous, than a large enough random sample of the general populous will be a good judge of sound. Believe me, the word "proof" does not belong in any conversation about sound quality. Its just far too subjective. You are confused here I'm afraid. I'm not asking proofs about sound quality. I'm asking for proof for your original claim that one can hear differences better under non-listening test conditions, whatever you make those up to be. If you do not wish to discuss this statement then why bring it up in the first place?