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2010 research article i found interesting


Gswitz

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I've not yet read the full paper, but the abstract seems to say that "16 people with good hearing have good hearing".

They don't seem to have bothered with a control group, which makes me worry about the rest of their methodology ... the first paragraph of their procedure (2.3) suggests they have zero idea of what a random double blind test is, or if they do, they wouldn't bother with it in this experiment.

I just spotted this little gem "At this individual level, three expert listeners out of 16 obtained significant results ... However, they significantly selected the wrong answer " ... so we will just ignore those results. 

Oh deary me ...

 

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I see your  point.  For the longest time I recorded at 24/48. I still do. I usually export at 16/44.1> high resolution mp3 for anything that goes on the web. This was only because my interface at the time was locked to that as the highest sample rate I could record. If the final product is going to use mp3 compression, then for me the real question is, Is there any advantage to down sampling a file that will eventually wind up as an mp3?  Many who export don't bother with the in between wav file and instead  simply export directly to mp3. A higher rez mp3  at 256 is better than a low rez 128 mp3.

 It probably all hair on a knats back from that perspective. I could be wrong, but I think using higher resolution compression makes more difference than down conversion of samples.

That information and a cup of coffee will get you........................a cup of coffee

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