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Old 09-08-2009, 09:07 PM
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Default Ears....

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Originally Posted by PhatCohiba View Post
Consider testing your ears with a site like this on: http://nigelcoldwell.co.uk/audio/

It has the same song transcoded into numerous formats. It could help you hone in on one that's best for you. Also note the blind test at the bottom, but you could certainly have a friend load up and test all sorts of versions.

I'd be interested to see how you do with these audio samples as well: http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/
Had my ears tested by an Audiologist when my pro-earphones were fitted.

We did double blind testing sometime ago at the AES (Audio Engineering Society) tech meetings. We compared master tapes to decimated (MP3/WMA) audio. Low bit rates = crap. High bit rates = less crappy. YMMV. My ears tell me that at low bit rates, OGG sounds best (not an option for Zune).
 
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