Since the discussion on the last vote about the sound quality of speakers via binaural recordings was so harmonious, I thought it would be a good idea to repeat the whole thing with other binaural recordings of speakers.
And that's why I just plagiarized the thread title (and more) from @thewas
This time the original recordings are included. For each of the four speakers there is a sample file, with three short pieces of music.
Your task now is to evaluate which speaker comes closest to the original recording. You can only select one speaker and you can't change your vote - don't slip with your finger off the (computer) mouse.
As was the case with the previous poll:
To keep mutual bias influence as low as possible the results won't be shown till Monday when the poll is closed and till then I would kindly ask you to also not post comments about your preference or what differences you perceived. Of course you can still post other comments about it.
No exotic speaker concept is included and no speaker shows obvious flaws in the measurements, such as strong resonances or the like.
The binaural recordings were made in an acoustically optimized listening room.
I have nothing to do with the recordings, all sources are freely available on the Internet.
If you know the sources please do not post any information as long as the poll is still running. When the poll is ended, I will link all the sources here in the thread.
UPDATE:
There is now a new file called Short_Samples.zip. It contains all four speakers. For each of the three music samples, the original piece of music is first played briefly, followed by the binaural recording of the speaker.
Since our "audiophile memory" only lasts a few seconds, this makes the comparison much easier in my opinion.
So the structure of each file is as follows:
Short_A.mp3: original-sample1, binaural-sample1-speaker-A - original-sample2, binaural-sample2-speaker-A - original-sample3, binaural-sample3-speaker-A
My recommendation would be to download only the Short_Samples.zip file first. This is the easiest way to perform the comparison.
If you need longer music samples you can still download the individual files.
As always with binaural recordings, listen to them with a good pair of headphones.
UPDATE II:
The speakers used in the listening comparison are revealed in this post. If you want to do the comparison yourself, be sure not to click on this link or go to post #73
And that's why I just plagiarized the thread title (and more) from @thewas
This time the original recordings are included. For each of the four speakers there is a sample file, with three short pieces of music.
Your task now is to evaluate which speaker comes closest to the original recording. You can only select one speaker and you can't change your vote - don't slip with your finger off the (computer) mouse.
As was the case with the previous poll:
To keep mutual bias influence as low as possible the results won't be shown till Monday when the poll is closed and till then I would kindly ask you to also not post comments about your preference or what differences you perceived. Of course you can still post other comments about it.
No exotic speaker concept is included and no speaker shows obvious flaws in the measurements, such as strong resonances or the like.
The binaural recordings were made in an acoustically optimized listening room.
I have nothing to do with the recordings, all sources are freely available on the Internet.
If you know the sources please do not post any information as long as the poll is still running. When the poll is ended, I will link all the sources here in the thread.
UPDATE:
There is now a new file called Short_Samples.zip. It contains all four speakers. For each of the three music samples, the original piece of music is first played briefly, followed by the binaural recording of the speaker.
Since our "audiophile memory" only lasts a few seconds, this makes the comparison much easier in my opinion.
So the structure of each file is as follows:
Short_A.mp3: original-sample1, binaural-sample1-speaker-A - original-sample2, binaural-sample2-speaker-A - original-sample3, binaural-sample3-speaker-A
My recommendation would be to download only the Short_Samples.zip file first. This is the easiest way to perform the comparison.
If you need longer music samples you can still download the individual files.
As always with binaural recordings, listen to them with a good pair of headphones.
UPDATE II:
The speakers used in the listening comparison are revealed in this post. If you want to do the comparison yourself, be sure not to click on this link or go to post #73
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