[BC] Internet STLs

[Peter Smerdon]

I really miss the all-analog days when audio quality could be 
objectively measured with a few thousand dollars worth of test gear.

Now, it seems that the audio performance of perceptual coding cannot be 
objectively measured, only judged subjectively on an impairment scale.

Or have I missed something??

-- 
Peter Smerdon.
Melbourne Australia.

Dana Puopolo wrote:
> My ears are about as good as Goran's-and at that quality level I can hear VERY
> FEW artifacts-and believe me I've listened for them! By the way, I can hear
> FAR MORE on HD radio.
>
> The Instreamer uses the Fraunhofer codec-and pays royalties for it.
>
> Goran Tomas wrote:
>   
>> In addition to Mike's comments, I would add less than adequate sound
>> quality. Barix boxes running at maximum bitrate MP3 encoding (which
>> according to the manual should be around 192 kbps) don't sound nearly
>> as good as you would expect at that bitrate.
>>