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• Vorbis
  Informal listening test suggests Vorbis to be comparable to MPEG-4 [[AAC]] at most bitrates and [[M ...odec at [http://web.archive.org/web/20070403025834/http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html 128 kbps])
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• ABX
  ... test|blind]]", or without the listener's knowledge of what the file-under-test is. Another key feature is that the influence of chance on the results can ...on techniques, 3rd ed.'' [1] by Meilgaard, Civille, and Carr, this type of test is referred to as a "duo-trio," but the procedure is the inverse of the abx
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• AAC encoders
  ...tied with the [[Apple AAC|Apple encoder]] (then part of QuickTime) [http://listening-tests.hydrogenaud.io/igorc/aac-96-a/results.html]. ...tp://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29924 last listening test]).
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• MP3
  Formal and informal listening tests have shown that MP3 at the 160-224 kbps range provide encoded results * <s>Roberto's listening test</s> featuring MP3 encoders
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• Musepack
  ...e into such low [[bitrate]]s. However, as can be seen in various 128kbit/s listening tests (see below), despite the fact that MPC has been optimized little for == Listening test involving MPC ==
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• LAME
  ...rough 4.0 alpha 14 (since 2005). This code is mainly for the developers to test optimizations and architectural changes in LAME's foundational code, ideas Maximum quality is achieved when, regardless of listening conditions, you are unable to detect a difference between the MP3 and the o
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• ATRAC
  *<s> rjamorim conduced a listening test</s> featuring ATRAC3 at 132kbps.
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• Transparency
  ...://lame.sourceforge.net/quality.php Lame MP3 Encoder Quality and Listening Test Information web page]). [[Category:Listening Tests]]
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• Blind test
  In summary, a '''blind test''' is needed to prevent what is known as the [[placebo effect]] when trying ...first introduced in medicine, in order to determine the effect of drugs on test subjects without coloring the results with subjective responses from both t
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• Xing
  ...g/web/20071005104610/http://www.rjamorim.com/test/ an early 2004 listening test].
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• FAQ
  ;Why do you stress blind listening / [[ABX]] tests so much? ;What is an ABX blind test?
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• Transcoding
  ...test by guruboolez, from 256 kbps lossy to 128 kbps mp3. According to this test, Ogg Vorbis and MPC performed best, followed by WV4 and AAC with a marginal ...from 192 kbps (preset standard) mp3]. Informal subjective findings (no ABX test) with classic rock music: Ogg 96 or 128 kbps are audibly different from the
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• Frequency analysis
  ...cal analysis is often useful, but only when used together with a listening test. The most useful view is the sound spectra view (spectral view in [[Adobe A # Blind listening testing ([[ABX]]) is the only method that can really be justified when test
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• Foobar2000:Components
  ...re incorporated in Default user interface, are: Album List, Decoding Speed Test and File Integrity Verifier. ... (foo abx)|ABX comparator (foo_abx)]] · Performs a double-blind listening test between two tracks.
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• Current events
  '''<span style="color: red;">Important update on Menno's latest test.</span>''' ...e results of the listening test!<br>'''This test has finished. Go to the [[Listening Tests]] page for the links to HA Forum's thread and complete result page.''
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• AAC FAQ
  ...is very difficult to quantify the quality of an encoder, [[Listening Tests|listening tests]] are used. ...al listeners concluded that [[iTunes]] (the only AAC codec included in the test) was better than other codecs - even VBR-enabled ones.
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• BS.1387
  ...eference wave file, one can use for example: ''eaqual -fref ref.wav -ftest test.wav''. == Comparison with subjective listening tests ==
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• Recommended Ogg Vorbis
  ... ''q'' values of ''5 to 10''. It was later judged in an internal listening test that GT3b1 was the better of the two. There was a minor bugfix update earli ... John33 merged the sources to give us GT3b2. Once the 128 kbps multiformat test was completed, Aoyumi's [[aoTuV]] Vorbis tuning was determined to be the be
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• Hydrogenaudio Listening Tests
  ...ciples]] over the years is by organizing and participating in public blind listening tests of lossy codecs and presenting statistical analyses of the results. T [[Private Listening Tests|Private listening tests]] also provide useful data, but the public HydrogenAudio tests are a
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• Placebo effect
  ...nish the placebo effect is by performing a '''[[blind test|blind listening test]]''', e.g. using the [[ABX]] method. [[Category:Listening Tests]]
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• Myths (Vinyl)
  Many people prefer listening to music on vinyl rather than on CD or digital formats. A majority of those ...during a song on a well-maintained record and should not distract from the listening experience. No evidence exists of a record that is shown to be played back
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• Organizing public listening tests
  Here are some practical tips to organizing a listening test. ==Test Collection==
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• ABC/HR
  ...ed to constitute [[transparency]]). As part of a well-designed [[listening test]], useful quality comparison can be made between a selection of encoders pl
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• Wave field synthesis
  ...oustic source here. It does not appear to move if we move ourselves in the listening area, like the phantom acoustic source between conventional loudspeakers do ...f the listener. Because of the otherwise almost perfect rendition with the test setups, it seems to become more audible than using conventional loudspeaker
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• Foobar2000:Components/ABX Comparator (foo abx)
  The '''ABX Comparator''' allows users to perform a double-blind listening test between two tracks. * [http://www.head-fi.org/threads/setting-up-an-abx-test-simple-guide-to-ripping-tagging-transcoding.655879/#post-9268096 Setting up
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• Dither
  ...sic. Since quantization error isn’t audible in any real music at useable listening levels, whether dither must be used is more a matter of doctrine than funct ...that can be discriminated in [[TOS 8|scientifically reproducible]] [[Blind test|blind testing]].
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• TOS 8
  ...test sample to allow others to reproduce their findings. Graphs, non-blind listening tests, waveform difference comparisons, and so on, are not acceptable means A test of audio quality is ''scientific'' only if it is [[Blind test|blind]]. This eliminates the effects of pre-existing opinions, the placebo
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• Private Listening Tests
  ...hydrogenaudio members have from time to time carried out their own private listening tests. Though individual perception of different kinds of artifacts varies | style="width:174px" | Dithering Test (1)<br>Special
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• Opus
  ...g/~greg/opus/ha2011/ class leader at around 64 kbps] and [http://listening-test.coresv.net/results.htm also at 96 kbps]. As an open format standardised thr Multi-format stereo music listening tests have demonstrated the superiority of Opus at 64&nbsp;kbps and 96&nbsp
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• VisualOn AAC
  ...//d.hatena.ne.jp/kamedo2/20120729/1343545890 FFmpeg AAC encoders listening test] (in Japanese) includes libvo-aac
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• Foobar2000:Legacy components
  * [[Foobar2000:Components/Decoding Speed Test (foo_benchmark)|Decoding Speed Test (foo_benchmark)]] Measures decoding speed of audio files. ...onents 0.9/BS2D (foo_dsp_bs2p)|BS2D (foo_dsp_bs2p)]] · Improves headphone listening of regular hi-fi stereo records.
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• Helix MP3 Encoder
  == Listening tests == The Helix MP3 encoder participated in several listening tests and demonstrated to be amongst the highest-quality encoders for MP3 a
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