entertrainment / CODECSLISTENING EXPERIMENT · 18 OCT 2026

SPECTRAL COMPARISON

Hear the change.
Keep the original.

A controlled look at spectral repair.
One synthetic sound. Four ways to hear it.

An added 6 kHz tone gives this experiment a known target. Compare the real rendered outputs below.

REFERENCE-GUIDED REPAIRAMOUNT 50%
3 s / stereo / 24 kHz
AVERAGE SPECTRUM Original Candidate
The candidate attenuates the added tone. The musical harmonics remain visible.
0.00 / 3.00 s

CHOOSE WHAT YOU HEAR 1–4

Ready. Start quietly, then switch while playing.

✓ Level-matched audio✓ Shared timeline✓ Original retainedView evidence ↗
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

The high tone becomes less prominent in the candidate. Switch back to Original to hear what changed.

WHAT THIS DEMONSTRATES

A bounded treatment with a known reference. This is pre-rendered experimental audio, not recovery of a missing master.

TRY WITHOUT THE LABELS

Blind A/B hides the identities and spectrum. Reveal the mapping when you’ve made your own comparison.