From: Jeff Waltzer <jeffwaltzer_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:52:58 -0800 (PST)

   Be very careful about volume levels. In A/B tests the louder one
almost always sounds 'better'...

--- Andreas Stemmer <Andreas.Stemmer_at_web.de> wrote:
> I was thinking about a computer based sound comparison between archos fw
> and rockbox, too. My idea was to create test files, play them on archos
> fw and rockbox (trying different settings) and compare the digital and
> analog output with a computer analysis program. It would be even
> possible to play this test file on the computer and record it with
> archos fw / rockbox.
> What do you think are the best tests for this? Will a silent passage to
> test the background noise and a sine sweep from 0 to 20kHz for frequency
> response be enough? I think white noise won't work because of the MP3
> compression or am I wrong?
>
> Perhaps I'll find some time after christmas to do some tests....
>
>
> Andreas
>


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Received on 2002-12-09