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This is where the double blind testing comes. It eliminates the "self-fulfilling prophesies" or confirmation bias. And when ran in just a very limited amount of trials, eg. 12 or 15, it eliminates the probability theory that multiple trials in large number can be only just luck.

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You do realize that based on probability, the greater the amount of trials (i.e. as it goes to infinity), the true probability is shown right? So the greater the trials, the more "true" the distribution of data is.
Anyways, enough off topic. I guess OP just go with what you think is best. If you don't mind taking up the 500-800MB per album, then by all means use FLAC to your hearts content.