I just added a great new test case to the web page. (under the "quality"
link from www.sulaco.org/mp3, ftb_samp.wav, 4.5Mb)
It was found by J.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The reason I like
it is that at 128kbs, you can hear obvious flaws in LAME not found
in FhG. This makes it very easy to test new algorithms.
Here's what JD said about it:
For this sample, the best encoder is clearly mp3enc. All other
encoders show audible distortion (for example, on the vocal "s"
sounds). LAME and bladeenc are very near in quality, with LAME being
very slightly better (chosen every time in one consecutive run of
ten blind random side to side comparisons). The quality of l3enc
showed the most notable distortion. The distortion produced by LAME
and bladeenc is similar to the distortion produced by l3enc, but the
distortion is much more pronounced in the output of l3enc.
It looks like FhG found some trick when they went from l3enc to
mp3enc 3.1. All we have to do is find the same thing :-)
Mark
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