That is amazing that only 1% of people were able to tell the difference between 128k and 192k mp3's!!

This reminds me of a test that Stereo Review magazine did in which it compared WRA, MP3 and minidisc's ATRAC.... The reviewers were a couple of audiophiles, a programer who worked for a major software developer (I believe it was someone who worked developing for Microsoft on WMA) and someone who was an audio engineer. They found that one person's test results were so random that he could only have been guessing. It was assumed that it was the computer programer doing WMA development. They didn't say who, but they threw out his figures in the review.

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/SoundAndVision/FrameSet/0,1670,_sl_SoundAndVision_sl_Article_sl_0_cm_1653_cm_129_4395_1_cm_00,00.html

So... seems like A: most of us really can't tell the difference or B: if YOU can, don't get your audio advice from computer people! I think it was Hugo who said the empeg is one of the few devices that exsists in that wonderful place where technology geeks and audiophiles meet.

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