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3.6.2 ABX Testing
For more detailed and statistical listening tests, use ABX mode (for the principles behind
ABX testing, there is a good Wikipedia entry). Select the ABX tab via the Sonnox menu
button.
Unlike hardware ABX systems, there is no switch delay or switching glitches in this
implementation.
The two AB assignment columns are used in a similar fashion to AB auditioning, but the
column headers are now buttons. There is also an additional button labelled ‘X’:
Although the three A B X buttons are like mechanical ‘radio buttons’, repeatedly pressing the
same button will alternate between that button and the previously selected button. This means
you can repeatedly alternate between A & X with your eyes closed (or B & X, or A & B)
because you don’t need to move the mouse pointer. Eyes-closed auditioning might improve
your listening focus!
As with AB mode, there is access to the input signal (I/P) by clicking in the B column
adjacent to a selected A codec. RESET will initialise the internal counters. The display
window beneath the RESET button displays the number of completed test cycles.
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