Note also that many people (me, for example, and most folks over 40 in general) ...

ajross on Nov 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The 16-bit v/s 8-bit Blind Listening Test, Part 2

Note also that many people (me, for example, and most folks over 40 in general) can't hear a -42dB white noise layered on top of an audible signal at all. The pipes just don't pick it up over the general noise in the receiver "circuit".