[swehner]

The "study" is based on 20 test subjects.

Doesn't seem right to publish a paper based on such low numbers, especially when, as here, the experiment seems to be pretty cheap.

Direct link to study:

http://www.aes.org/tmpFiles/elib/20161206/18523.pdf

[mingus88]

The bitrates they chose were also a joke. I haven't seen an mp3 lower than 128kbps in over a decade unless it was a podcast.

It all seems obvious when you skim the study. Of course introducting artifacts will affect the emotional impact of media. It's distracting.

No different than poor jpg quality images or bad movie rips.

[brokenmachine]

Yeah what a load of garbage, only 20 subjects and bitrates 112kbps and lower.

Clickbait title and garbage content.