Jon HancockFeb 14

"This is quite surprising, especially as we often don’t think of bananas, or even wet mud, as great conductors"

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator

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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator

Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?

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Show threadDatalessFeb 15
@BigJackBrass @marcoarment There was a classical music forum I was on years ago that did a similar experiment with various compression bitrates. Most everyone got the 64, but apart from that I was one of the very few to get four for four and it took some *work*.
Show threadJon Hancock
@Dataless @marcoarment I've done a few tests comparing 128 up to lossless. Although I chose correctly, I can only claim to have been confident about the lowest quality; even then, I'm not convinced I would have been successful had the test not been a comparison. Taken in isolation these things can be extremely hard to identify.
Feb 15 at 12:10pmWeb