Alright avid readers. For those of you who have kept your subscription up-to-date (chuckle) I will be doing a self-made double blind test. Well, single blind, because I'm only one person.... but I won't know the order I experience the tracks until after I have taken my notes.
The way it works is like this:
I will listen to the same track in 4 different formats:
CD
96/24
DSD
MQA
I will click on shuffle, so while I am listening I will have no idea which order they play in. I will also hide my DAC display and any other visual cues.
I will jot down listening notes, and impressions for each. Afterwards I will examine the play log to determine the sequence the files were played in.
Britten is all I have to go on that isn't otherwise painful to listen to. I encourage anyone else to go to 2L.no/hires/ and find their own sets of tracks.
Complaining without contributing is NOT allowed. :) If you think the tests should use other tracks, then go get them yourself first and listen, or point me to free sources.
The way it works is like this:
I will listen to the same track in 4 different formats:
CD
96/24
DSD
MQA
I will click on shuffle, so while I am listening I will have no idea which order they play in. I will also hide my DAC display and any other visual cues.
I will jot down listening notes, and impressions for each. Afterwards I will examine the play log to determine the sequence the files were played in.
Britten is all I have to go on that isn't otherwise painful to listen to. I encourage anyone else to go to 2L.no/hires/ and find their own sets of tracks.
Complaining without contributing is NOT allowed. :) If you think the tests should use other tracks, then go get them yourself first and listen, or point me to free sources.