I read this article the day it came out and decided to add the books to my shelf. So, anyone who decides the perception of emotional impact is unscientific, is completely missing the boat on what it is we actually attempt to do when we make records. The time lapsed evaluation measures emotional perception. The quick blind A/B measures sonic perception. When you start to get into perceptions, scientific tests must take into account how we actually perceive music, not just the sonic characteristics. So, then why are people still A/Bing in quick succession? Because they don’t understand the difference between sound in a vacuum and sound being tied to emotional response. If you listen to an MP3 repetitively and then listen to the wave file, the difference is also staggering. If you listen to a wave file repetitively, and then listen to the MP3, the difference is staggering. The funny thing is, if you switch back and forth in quick succession, the differences between an MP3 and a Wave appear relatively minute. “I can’t hear it therefore it must not exist” is a mind-bogglingly dubious argument. I can hear the difference readily (which is no great feat), but if we’re going to give credence to those who argue they can’t hear the difference and therefore those that can are merely victims of expectation bias, then wouldn’t that rationale apply to summing as well as MP3s?
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There’s all sorts of people still arguing there’s no sonic difference between an MP3 and a wave file (Ethan Winer for example).