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NPR Hearing Quiz Part II
The NPR “How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?” quiz is seriously flawed. The idea of comparing two levels of MP3 encoding against an “uncompressed” WAV has merit. However, the choice of material and the implementation [...]
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