#RA-3478Read AloudCore & AcademicHard
Reiss
Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds
Reiss took a stab at settling the argument with a meta analysis a study of studies on whether people can really perceive better than CD quality sound. He analysed data from 18 studies, including more than 400 participants. and nearly 13,000 listening tests. Overall, listeners picked out the better than CD quality track 3 per cent of the time. Statistically significant, if not all that impressive.
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