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That would allow the subject to easily tell the difference between the two samples by looking to see which had all 0's in the 4 lowest bits.
by spankalee 12y ago
That would allow the subject to easily tell the difference between the two samples by looking to see which had all 0's in the 4 lowest bits.
- hackinthebochs 12y agoDithering is known to increase the perceived dynamic range of music. As an example try listening to a song in foobar in 8bit output mode then 8bit dithered.
- retrogradeorbit 12y agoThis makes no sense to me. Please explain. The difference between 24 and 16 is 8, not 4 for one. Are you saying the "16-bit" sample files actually had noise added to the least significant 4 (8?) bits? This is not dithering. Dithering is adding noise BEFORE truncation. A dithered 16 bit rendering of 24 bit audio will only be 16 bit. An undithered 16 bit rendering of 24 bit audio will also only be 16 bit.
- mng2 12y agoI think the GP is basically saying, how would you propose to run an internet survey asking anonymous audiophiles to blindly A/B (no peeking at the bits) full and truncated files? The dithering is probably the least questionable part of the methodology.