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"""I can tell the difference, even with crummy earbuds.""" It's not enough to be able to "tell the difference". You also have to be able to tell the difference
by foljs 16y ago
"""I can tell the difference, even with crummy earbuds."""
It's not enough to be able to "tell the difference". You also have to be able to tell the difference in random A/B tests.
If you are like 99.9 percent of the population, you will not be able.
A test is reproductible. Your anecdotal testimony means nothing at all.
- Groxx 16y agoRandom A/B with different songs in A and B: nobody can. You can get a statistical success off raw sound "quality", and nothing else. What if they played Lo-Fi music on one? Random A/B with the same song, one CD and one 128kbps MP3: not a problem identifying the two with iPod earbuds. Even if I'd never heard it before. With good headphones, the difference leaps out, it's utterly unmistakable.