[LAU] ABX test (was Re: What is the best MP3 encoder?)

[Florian Paul Schmidt]

On 04/03/2013 08:20 PM, J. Liles wrote:
> What plugin? Is there an ABX tester for linux that actually works?
>
>

Maybe I'm just stupid. I thought I read about one somewhere in this 
thread. But there does seem to be an ABX test software out there..

Flo

> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Florian Paul Schmidt 
> <mista.tapas at gmx.net <mailto:mista.tapas at gmx.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/03/2013 09:02 AM, Peder Hedlund wrote:
>
>
>         Which might very well be because you know that it's an MP3 and
>         you "know" MP3s sound bad.
>         Please do show that you can't stand MP3s by providing an ABX
>         score.
>
>         - Peder
>
>
>     And just to add to that a little bit of (maybe friendly) advice to
>     Ralf (Sorry Peter, for hijacking your post):
>
>     Ralf, this is a chance to grow as a human. Have your convictions
>     challenged and learn about nature and yourself. Since you are
>     emotionally invested into knowing you're right, this is
>     potentially especially valuable. Since people who are emotionally
>     invested in their convictions often take a little time to adjust
>     to having an essential part of their world view shattered (I
>     personally know some people who went from being religious to being
>     open about what we can really learn about nature - so I have a a
>     little bit of experience with this), do the double blind test in
>     the privacy of your home. I learned about the ABX plugin from this
>     thread. What a great opportunity :D Do not report back to us, what
>     you found. Let it sink, repeat the test a few times with different
>     material, different encodings, etc., and find out what difference
>     you can REALLY hear.
>
>     Have fun,
>
>     Flo
>
>     -- 
>     Florian Paul Schmidt
>     http://fps.io
>
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