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Re: OT That 'sizzle sound' of Mp3s
Stefan Tiedje wrote:
> andy butler schrieb:
>> It's a good test, but doesn't show up the limitations at all.
>> (dunnow, maybe in a better listening environment, there certainly were a
>> few artefacts revealed when mixing out of phase with the original)
>> Next I tried with white noise,
>> and the metallic sizzle appeared like magic.
>
> both are bad tests, the sine sweep has almost no information, easy to
> compress even with low bit rates, the white noise would expectantly fail
> with a constant bit rate, as there is nothing to cut out without loosing
> information.
Both tests give very informative results.
> Did you try the white noise with vbr and looked at the
> compression rate?
no,
>Anyway, it shows that the results are very dependent
> on the material.
yes, that's why the 2 signals make a good test.
> All noise artists I know hate mp3's for a reason. It
> should be perfect for classical guitar.
well, don't use it on my guitar thanks ;-)
afaik classical guitar is often recorded in a nice natural
acoustic, so there's lot's of details for compression to lose.
>
> My complain about that test was, that there is no information about any
> of the important details. What kind of music, which bit rates, how
> compared to what originals on which speakers/headphones. It seems a test
> aimed at self full filling prophecies. Anything which could hurt the
> claim is avoided. That is the opposite of science...
the journalists can't be trusted either
andy
>
> Stefan
>