I liked 4 the best. Less compressed and in your face. Turning up the volume to a similar level, I found it more pleasing. I realize that on a commercial level this is less appealing (less volume) so in that case, I'd go with 6, but 4 got my actual vote. 

2 and 4 were my picks. I gave a slight edge to 4. 1 was too harsh and 5 and 6 seemed to crush the snare in the chorus. I never master anything. I've always paid for mastering (Vita Mastering and Treelady) and I've always liked the results I've gotten. LandR might convince me to try it here and there, but I still prefer to send 4-8 files to one person to create a cohesive EP experience. 

Joey Adams [Cakewalk]
... vote for your favorite of these 6 masters. We'll release the results in about two weeks and let you know which one you chose.

The time tracker by the title line of that first post now says "two weeks ago." Looking forward to learning the results of the voting sometime soon.

Well this has been interesting.  While the comments thus far are varied, there do seem to be two fairly common camps: the "2 & 4 Crowd" and the "3 & 5 Crowd."  I was no exception. I gave #3 the edge over #5.
 
The idealist in me hopes that the winner of this test is the pro mastering house, because damn it, computers can't take over humanity just yet! But my selfish side hopes that LANDR is the winner.  Cuz then I could save a ton of money mastering my music. :)
 
That being said, even IF LANDR does come out on top, I think it's important to remember that A) this is all subjective and NONE of those masters were right or wrong, just different, and B) this is but one song. I'm sure LANDR can yield fantastic results in certain situations, but in others it might fall on its face.
 
I haven't tried LANDR yet, by the way.  Figured I'd go into this fun little exercise completely oblivious, much as I do with everything else in life. :)

jpetersen
I just see boxes with the cloud logo and SOUNDCLOUD underneath.
Does anyone know what sites/CDNs need to be allowed to make SoundCloud work?
 
 

Me too... I hope I find an answer as I continue reading the thread...
 

jpetersen
I just see boxes with the cloud logo and SOUNDCLOUD underneath.
Does anyone know what sites/CDNs need to be allowed to make SoundCloud work?
 
 

Me too... I hope I find an answer as I continue reading the thread...
 

jpetersen

Paul P

jpetersen
I just see boxes with the cloud logo and SOUNDCLOUD underneath.

I can play the songs directly on the blog page.  Even if the waveform disappears to be replace by "Hear more on Soundcloud" I can still click the play button (which is now invisible in the upper left of the box) to hear the song.  After pausing a song it can stutter quite a bit when I resume play, but this goes away after a while.
 
Soundcloud only requires permission for "soundcloud.com" (if you're on Firefox 41 or earlier that is.  I stopped at 41 because of the mess cookies have turned into since).

Well, I have allowed soundcloud.com (and cakewalk.com, of course). I just get the boxes with the logo, nothing happens when I click on them. The only other sites still forbidden are surveymonkey and google analytics, and they cannot have anything to do with playing soundcloud.
 
Ah, well. Not so important, really.

Something is up...
 
I use soundcloud with no problems...
 
I now see only master number 5 available.... the others still the soundcloud box...
 
But funny? Master 5 (6th track) shows the LANDR logo on top of it... Not very blind...?
 

I took the survey and went with #3.  I like the track but I think there is a problem with the snare that is greatly affected by the mastering.  It sounds a little splatty.

streckfus
 
I'm sure LANDR can yield fantastic results in certain situations, but in others it might fall on its face....
 
...... I haven't tried LANDR yet, by the way. 

Huh?
 

Keni
But funny? Master 5 (6th track) shows the LANDR logo on top of it... Not very blind...?

All of the tracks have the LANDR logo on them.  It's just part of the blind test image.