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2nd Multi-Format 128kbps Public Listening Test

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the music-to-one's-ears dept.

technology is sexy writes "Roberto Amorim has launched his latest public listening test evaluating the performance of different audio codecs at 128kbps, among them Apple's AAC implementation (used in iTunes), LAME, Ogg Vorbis fork auTuV, WMA, Musepack and even Sony's Atrac3 format, which is soon to be used in their own music store. Read more on Hydrogenaudio and check out the results of prior tests. As opposed to most evaluations of audio codecs, this is a scientific test adhering to ITU-R BS.1116-1 as much as possible while still allowing everybody to participate."

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  1. There's hardly a point... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's hardly a point in testing formats at 128 Kbps. As shown in this previous test, 95% of the participants couldn't hear ANY difference between WMA, OGG and MP3 at 128 Kbps. Where the main difference in formats lies is how good they can encode lower bitrates; there is a huge difference between MP3 and OGG at 64 Kbps...

  2. A previous test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There was a 128kbps test a month or two ago (which for some reason got repeatedly rejected when submitted to slashdot). You can see it here. Of course, it's financed by Sony, so don't expect the results to be 100% trustworthy. They claim it is independent though. The results there aren't quite as interesting (it was mostly a big tie). Unfortunately, tests at higher bitrates are difficult because detecting problems at, say, 160kbps often requires well trained ears and good audio equipment.

  3. Winning entry (S.core:5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For those slashdotters who are to lazy to LTFS (Listen to the f***ing songs), here is the winning entry.

    Its MP3, like you'd expect!

  4. Do not click on this LINK !! by lespiff · · Score: 0, Troll

    A moron with too much on his hand..

  5. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I rip all my albums using --alt-preset standard, and I transcode them to 128k ABR for my handheld mp3 player. I've never been able to hear any perceptible difference between this and a direct-from-CD 128k ABR encode. See this test here for more info.

  6. AAC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Try 128 AAC. I can hear that it's better than 192 MP3 even through my dinky little headphones. Better sounds and smaller files make me a happy guy.

  7. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia it is auTuv144.