Raw Data:
Below are the questions each test subject answers upon hearing each audio sample, to which the numbered answers in each piece of data correspond.
1) If you had to say, without defining what quality means. Which Source is of higher quality?
2) Is there any characteristic of one source that you noted?
3) If you had to guess which source is the computer
SUBJECT 1:
Gender: Female
TEST1:
Where Is My Mind?
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Second one = higher quality
2) The beginning sounded clearer over the second source.
3) The computer was the first one.
TEST2
Blue Monday
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Cannot tell
2) The same
3) The second
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SUBJECT 2
Gender: Female
TEST1
Blue Monday
SOURCE1: COMPUTER
SOURCE2: LP
1) The first one
2) Treble clearer in first one
3) The second
TEST2
Where is my mind
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) The first source
2) The bass was more pronounced in the second
3) The first source
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*SUBJECT3
Gender: Male
TEST1
Where is my mind
SOURCE1: COMPUTER
SOURCE2: LP
1) Source one
2) The bass was cleaner in the first, electric guitar was more pronounced, percussion was clearer.
3) Number two
TEST2
Blue Monday
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Source One
2) The second one sounded more crowded, louder, the percussion on the first one sounded deeper
3) Number two
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*SUBJECT4
Gender: Male
TEST1
Blue monday
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Source one
2) More range in source one, frequencies were more “there”, everything sounded similar in source one
3)Source two
TEST2
Where is my mind
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Source one.
2) The vocals sounded better in source two, the beginning
3)Source two
SUBJECT5
Gender: Male
TEST1
Where is my mind
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Source one
2) Second, bass and drums more prominent
3) Source 2
TEST2
Blue Monday
SOURCE1: COMPUTER
SOURCE2:LP
1) Source one
2) Second one was faster
3) Source one
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SUBJECT6
Gender: Male
TEST1
Blue Monday
SOURCE1: LP
SOURCE2: COMPUTER
1) Source two
2) More bass in second
3) Source one
TEST2
Where is my mind
SOURCE1: COMPUTER
SOURCE2: LP
1) Source two
2) The bass was higher on second
3) Source one
SUBJECT-7
Gender: Male
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: Computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source two
2) The sound, especially bass felt more “real”
3) Source two
TEST-2
Blue Monday
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source two.
2) I don’t know why, just liked it better
3) Source two
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SUBJECT-8
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Blue Monday
Source 1: Computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) The percussion felt more intense in a good way
3) Source 2
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) source 1
2) the guitar sounded more detailed, more prominent in the mix
3) source 2
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SUBJECT-9
Gender: Male
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 1
2) Sounded more like a live sound, reverb was better.
3) Source 2
TEST-2
Blue monday
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 1
2) I preferred the rawer sound of source 2 but source one was better “quality”
3) source 1
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SUBJECT-10
Gender: Male
TEST-1
Blue monday
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 1
2) More bass frequency
3) Source 1
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 2
2) unsure
3) Source 2
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SUBJECT-11
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 1
2) The instruments sounded more distinct in the mix
3) Source 2
TEST-2
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 1
2) I liked the synth sounds at the end better
3) Source 2
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SUBJECT-12
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Blue monday
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) The percussion was clearer
3) Source 2
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) it sounded more real
3) Source 2
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SUBJECT-13
Gender: Male
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) source 2
2) better blend of the parts
3) source 2
TEST-2
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: Computer
1) source 2
2) The bass sounded better
3) source 2
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SUBJECT-14
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Blue monday
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) Sounded more interesting
3) Source 1
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) source 2
2) Sounded very full in sound
3) source 1
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SUBJECT-15
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) sounded better mixed
3) source 2
TEST-2
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 2
2) Much cleaner sound
3) source 2
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SUBJECT-16
Gender: Male
TEST-1
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 2
2) The difference between the highs and the lows was more apparent
3) Source 2
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 1
2) The guitar sounded more live
3) Source 1
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SUBJECT-17
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) Warmer sound, more like being in a nice venue
3) source 1
TEST-2
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 1
2) more nuanced and interesting sound
3) source 2
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SUBJECT-18
Gender: Male
TEST-1
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 2
2) cleaner sound, sounded “bigger” more danceable
3) Source 2
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) same reason, bigger sound
3) source 2
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SUBJECT-19
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Where is my mind
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) nothing really that I can think of
3) source 2
TEST-2
Blue monday
Source 1: computer
Source 2: LP
1) Source 2
2) just liked it better, was definetly easier to differentiate than the first test.
3) source 2
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SUBJECT-20
Gender: Female
TEST-1
Blue monday
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) source 2
2) the guitar and synth parts sounded cleaner in the mix
3) source 2
TEST-2
Where is my mind
Source 1: LP
Source 2: computer
1) Source 1
2) The bass was more prominent in the mix and seemed more intense
3) source 1