[LAU] newbie to Linux audio

[Paul Davis]

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 23:17 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:

> I don't have the hardware required to listen to that, but a
> friend of mine does.  The disc has two songs on it, a jazz trio
> (piano, upright bass & drums) and a string quartet.  Each song
> was simultaneously recorded at three different PCM resolutions:
> 16-bit/44.1kHz, 24-bit/96kHz, and 24-bit/192kHz.  Subsequent to
> that they recoded the recordings into MP3, WMA, and AAC.  My
> friend and I listened to the recordings in order from expected
> worst sound to expected best sound.  MP3 sounded just OK.  WMA
> was slightly better to us, and AAC was again noticeably better.
> The jump from AAC to 16-bit/44.1kHz was dramatic, as was the next
> jump to 24-bit/96kHz.  Going up to 24-bit/192kHz was also better
> yet, but not as dramatic.  After that we went back and listened
> to MP3 again and it sounded as if it was being played through a
> distortion pedal for an electric guitar by comparison.

you did this all double blind, right? if not, then why bother?