Using the fade out makes it trivial to detect. Listening closely with headphones it's fairly easy (i.e. get 9+ right) to hear it in the first couple of seconds

Using the fade out makes it trivial to detect. Listening closely with headphones it's fairly easy (i.e. get 9+ right) to hear it in the first couple of seconds and throughout the song as well. I guess there's a reason we use 16 bits. Now I want to try it with 24 bits, maybe with a song that has more quiet parts in it. Edit: The other test using Gangnam Style is much harder to detect (for me), I scored 6/10 on my first attempt (and I won't try again, hearing that riff 10 times in a row is plenty): http://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_16vs8bit.php http://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_16vs8bit.php