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Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #50
Yeah


 

Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #52
BTW if someone want to organize the next public test it will be great. It's not necessary should be me though I still will be glad to conduct public multiformat test at 100 kbps (probably next year ). 
I'd prefer to see a trusted HA member with at least 2-3 years of registration. It would be great if Steve Forte Rio, Garf, /mnt or AlexB conducted a test since they always help to organize them. Maybe Sebastian Mares would like to come back

Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #53
How about 48kbps HE AAC ? Or low bitrate multiformat with few HE AAC encoders and Ogg Vorbis and possibly some other format included ?

Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #54
Well, the last time we have tested LC-AAC encoders at 96 kbps to pick up most optimal of them to include it into the future multiformat test at the same bitrate (96 kbps).  This public test (multiformat at 96 kbps) has the highest priority (unconditionally) for me  and  I'm willing to conduct it in future in case if there won't be another volunteer/organizator to do this test.

Obviously if someone will want to organize public test  at different bitrate then it will be up to him/her or other members as well. Anyway some members (me too) will help in any scenario.

Can You say when your encoder will be ready?


Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #56
How about 48kbps HE AAC ? Or low bitrate multiformat with few HE AAC encoders and Ogg Vorbis and possibly some other format included ?

What about 64 kbps? Last FhG HE-AAC encoder doesn't have setting for 48 kbps but 64 kbps.

The last 64 kbps public test is already partially outdated due to new FhG HE-AAC and  your new upcoming Dolby HE-AAC.

Volunteer to conduct it?

Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #57
The last 64 kbps public test is already partially outdated due to new FhG HE-AAC and  your new upcoming Dolby HE-AAC.

Volunteer to conduct it?


Dolby Pulse is finally out. I'm afraid I don't have experience nor skills to conduct a public listening test. I rather trust it to specialists.

Anyway, I will support if anyone else is interested conducting a new HE AAC test. I am interested to see how the new encoder included with my product really is performing against Nero, iTunes, and Fraunhofer.

Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results

Reply #58
Late but still here.

Some participants have answered a few questions.

16 persons.

Gender:
15 - male
1 - female

Age (years):
Min – 20
Max – 50
Average – 28.53


Headphones/loudspeakers:
15 persons  - headphones
1 person - loudspeakers

Headphones Sennheiser (HD 280pro, 650, 600, CX500), Razer Moray+, Beyerdynamic (DT800),  heco victa 300 stereo speakers, Panasonic RP-HC500, Creative EP-630 earphones, Audio-Technica ATH-M50, Grados SR80, Sony MDR-V150 Headphones, Technics RP-8801 ...
   

Soundcard:
On-board – 6 persons
Not on-board – 10 persons

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03),  Apogee Duet interface, on-board VIA HD (on the Asus P7P55D Pro), creative x-fi,
Creative Audigy 4, Realtek ALC888, Little Dot Mk IV headphone amp    running from M-Audiophile 24/96 soundcard,  Realtek internal soundcard on laptop + FiiO E7 DAC/Amp, Realtek ALC887, ...
On-board soundcards are fine. Nowdays on-board solutions are actually very good.

Operating System:
Win7 – 53.3%
WinXP – 20%
Linux – 20%
MAC  - 6.7%


Computer:
PC – 57%
Notebook – 43%

The noise of fans (aproxímate data):
Less or more – 50%
Low – 43%
High – 7%

Quite room?:
Yes – 86%
No – 14%

Time of testing:
Morning – 15%
Afternoon – 18.3%
Evening – 50.7%
Night - 16%


The place (room):
Home – 82%
Data Sever/ Computer room or Office – 18%

Previous participation in public tests:
9 persons – it was a first time.
2 persons – 1 previous public test.
5 persons – 4-5 or more previous public tests.