Posted by fred-bloggs on 11/16/43 11:36

Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote in
news:0001HW.BFE07C1D0012DDF6F0335550@news.giganews.com:

> Actually, in order to get the quality of a 128 kpbs AAC, you need to
> code your mp3s at about 192 kbps.
>

Is this your own opinion? or that of Apple, Nero, Fraunhofer or some
other financially interested party?

In a set of public double-blind listening tests in 2004, the Lame 3.96
mp3 encoder was rated *equal* to Itunes AAC 4.2 at 128 kbps CBR.
http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html

However Lame's greatest strength is it's standard preset VBR mode which
gives excellent quality at a bit-rate around 225 kbps, Apple only
introduced AAC with VBR encoding with Itunes 5 in 2005.

Methinks Apple's AAC "improved quality" claim is just eyewash to tie
naive users into Itunes,Ipod and DRM.


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fred

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