[vorbis-dev] Can compressed music sound better than uncompressed?

[Steve Underwood]

Robert Voigt wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 10 May 2001 00:19, Dirk Knop wrote:
> > Sorry to make you read some "literature":
> 
> I read all that long ago ;-)
> 
> > they made audience listening tests and had some songs that sounded nicer in
> > the subjective oppinion ( as average between the 10 test-listeners") of the
> > testers as it has been 128 kbps mp3 than the original (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
> 
> I remember that test at last year's Cebit. The 256kbps mp3 was more often
> perceived as the original than the original itself. The reason might be
> exactly what my quoted paragraph means.
> 
Many of these comparisons are performed using very mediocre amps and
speakers. Its quite possible that the compressed audio makes less
demands on the amp and speakers, as it has lost some detail. This meay
lead to an overall more pleasing, if less accurate, sound. It astonished
me to see the kind of crap reproduction equipment most people use to
here the glories of "digital quality".

Another factor is that most people hear so little live music, that what
they hear through cheap audio equipment becomes the "correct" sound.

Regards,
Steve

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