Posted by Steven Sullivan on 12/01/07 17:55

In rec.audio.tech Jack <jack@beanstalk.net> wrote:
> Steven Sullivan <ssully@panix.com> wrote in
> news:fiphic$rn7$1@reader1.panix.com:

> > here's the same segment, done by me. I verified the codecs and
> > bitrates this time
> >
> >
> > FLAC via foobar2k
> > http://www.badongo.com/file/5364152
> >
> > 128WMA CBR via FairStars Audio Converter (shows as 129 kbps)
> > http://www.badongo.com/file/5364159

> For whatever reason that version sounds passable, which deepens the
> mystery. I originally encoded the whole song "on the fly" with Windows
> Media Player 11, then again with a ripped WAV and GoldWave 5.22. Same
> weak results for me both times. Note: the WMP player version number (11)
> and the actual WMA codec number (9.2) are not related.


> Compare your WMA to my unfortunate one:

> http://www.badongo.com/file/5372700 (Down By The River 3:30-4:00 WMA)
>
> > 190MP3 VBR via LAME 3.97 (shows as 183-219 kbps)
> > http://www.badongo.com/file/5364184

> Anything will sound pretty good at that bitrate. A 128 kbps MP3 would
> have been a direct comparison.

128CBR LAME 3.97 via foobar
http://www.badongo.com/file/5380221


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