Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 kbps [July 2011]: Results, Results and post-test discussion Options

[IgorC]

After the long time of preparations, discussions and realization of the test the results are finally here.

http://listening-tests.hydrogenaudio.org/i...-a/results.html

Summary: Apple won, FhG is the second, Coding Technologies is the third and Nero is the last

I appreciate all people who has supported the test and participated in it.

This post has been edited by IgorC: Aug 23 2011, 20:12

[IgorC]

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.

This post has been edited by IgorC: Oct 23 2011, 07:51