Re: [LAU] Lossy audio to lossless format - Linux-audio-user

5 Oct 2014

On Sun, 2014-10-05 at 12:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
...
  On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 09:14 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:

 On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Gene Heskett &lt;gheskett(a)wdtv.com&gt;
 wrote:

         Your ears are probably the best tool. Some hear well, and some
         do not.
         I am amazed at the number of people who cannot tell if mp3 has
         ever been
         in the mix. To me its obvious, when your ears get tired of it,
         and want to
         "change the station" in just a minute or so, its been an mp3
         at some
         point.

 For crying out loud, stop this nonsense!

 It is established without any shadow of a doubt that the overwhelming
 majority of the population CANNOT tell the difference between a
 reasonable bit-rate encoding in mp3 format and the original PCM data.
 This isn't up for debate.  
 For crying out loud, stop this nonsense Paul!

 Just because several people can't distinguish cheese made of raw milk
 with cheese made from heated milk, doesn't mean that the tests are ok.
 I'm unable to stand heated milk, I'm unable to stand cheese made from
 heated mild and I'm unable to stand MP3. Yes, there are double-blind
 tests that confirm that people guess the real taste of a strawberry is
 the artificial taste and that the natural taste is artificial. IOW if
 you make double-blind tests with degenerated idiots, the results will be
 idiotic.

 Please post links about MP3 double-blind test done with human beings who
 still remember how a real strawberry or banana yogurt does taste, who
 know how a real Camembert made from raw milk does taste.

 What group of people was unable to distinguish between a good recording
 and a MP3? 
PS: In Germany "cheese analogues" for "normal" foot are frowned upon
by
the same vegan people who pay much money for the same "cheese
analogues", when the label isn't a frozen pizza, but vegan cheese :D.