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- #724792
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- Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/724792/action/topic#724792
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The talk hairy_hen linked is a great series of explanations for audio lay people. Fun that the speaker uses Decibel for playback; that's my software of choice for bit perfect audio.
One distinction I'm not sure the speaker makes directly but can be inferred in places, is that there is a difference between double blind A/B with inexperienced listeners of unknown content and experienced listening of intimately known audio, the latter of which is inherently more biased but is actually a better metric for music (really anything that's enjoyed repeatedly). Engineers like myself are generally taught that the more unbiased the testing method the better, and yet a truly double blind test in the former case is not fully capable of testing many things that matter, such as emotional engagement and long-term enjoyment (in gamer-speak, replay value).
Put another way, one may notice but not mind if some random film they watched once didn't look that amazing, but don't you dare mess around with Star Wars! ;) Watch the random film a few more times and the nuances and flaws become more noticeable each time. It's true for the plot and storyline, it's true for visual quality, and believe me, it's true for the audio quality.
All that to say, I have some good analog gear and the Despecialized Edition sounds pretty great, from the first time to the tenth time, and onward. hairy_hen did a brilliant job.