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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • To: raustin3 AT nc.rr.com, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] MS opens music store
  • Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:01:26 -0400


On Sep 3, 2004, at 11:46 AM, Roger Austin wrote:

Was there a difference between types of music? I would think
that you might not hear differences in something like heavy
metal, but you might hear a difference with a string quartet
or Irish ballads. Was the testing done with test sounds or
music tracks?

Yes, its very dependent on the type of music. I was specifically testing ultra-low bitwidths, and each type of compression has an audible characteristic, and its purely subjective as to what sounds better, which is why blind listening tests are the only way to pick 'em.

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