Testing Aural Perception Through Audio Formats: Complete Raw Data

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

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

*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

*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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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