Multiformat Listening Test @ 128 kbps - FINISHED Options

[Sebastian Mares]

The much awaited results of the Public, Multiformat Listening Test @ 128 kbps are ready.

Here is the results page: http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tests/mf-128-1/results.htm



Edit 1: A description of the mentioned Nero problem can be found here: http://www.maresweb.de/nero-problem

Edit 2: For people who want to decrypt their results, here are the encoder IDs:

1 = iTunes
2 = LAME
3 = Nero
4 = Shine
5 = AoTuV
6 = WMA Professiona

This post has been edited by Sebastian Mares: Jan 14 2006, 23:57

[bond]

your statement doesnt make any sense for me. what does the fact that the encoders are on par have to do with that the nero results are not really comparable

sebastian wrote

Because of the mentioned problems (unfairness, no real-life relevance...) and after discussing the issue with Francis, Roberto Amorim (rjamorim on Hydrogenaudio Forums) and Darryl Miyaguchi (ff123 on Hydrogenaudio Forums) thoroughly, I decided, against Ivan's and Juha's suggestion, to exclude Nero from the test.

because of this exclusion i think there should be also a final plot provided that doesnt mention nero

edit:

thx again for this interesting test, sebastian!

btw can you create a final zoomed in plot without the anchor and without the nero results plz, its nicer to point people to (most newbies will propably not read or understand the whole nero explanation)

The final zoomed plot does not contain the anchor and I am not going to remove Nero since I see no point in doing so. If people want to read about the Nero problem, they can follow the link from the plot.

so the exclusion of nero from the test is not reason enough to provide a final plot without the excluded nero?

well ok, if this makes sense for you...

This post has been edited by bond: Jan 15 2006, 15:15