I'm just a user, not a developer.
I've heard a number of results from listening tests and all agree that LAME is better
than BladeEnc at the same bitrate. I've also heard that LAME@128 sounds better than
BladeEnc@160. Apart from speed optimizations, BladeEnc uses unmodified ISO code
which is known to have a number of bugs and poor implementations. I have also used
Blade @ 160 extensively in the past.
The improvements have often come from samples of audio submitted to the project that
have produced noticeable artifacts. These are available for download from the LAME
website. You may do your own tests with each file and make up your own mind.
I can also vouch for LAMEs VBR. It has now come far enough IMO to perform better
(sound quality) than CBR. If you want to average around 128kb/s then I recommend the
following switches: -h -v -k -mj
Ross.
Cavallo de Cavallis wrote:
> i used to use BladeENC @160kbps hi-quality
> then i found LAME and tryin doin some tests and it *seems* good
> can someone tell me *honestly* (we're not talkin bout commercial products
> so it's not a money matter) which are the differences in quality ?
> lame is faster so i have some doubts...
>
> BladeENC coder says blade is better than FhG @160 while Fhg is still
> best at 128, what about lame ? talkin bout 160kbps HQ encoding i mean..
>
> i suppose VBR could be maybe the "future" of mp3encoding BUT i dunno
> if it's NOW good as CBR, so i think i'll go on using CBR....
>
> Final : a big thanks to the russian guy who mantains
> http://www.chat.ru/~dkutsanov/~index.htm and put on pre-compiled exe and dlls
>
> Thanks
>
> PS I use Exact Audio Copy as a grabber, www.exactaudiocopy.de, it's NOT fast
> but SECURE, it checks that what it grabs is really what's on the CD. so if u dont
> know it, give it a try.
>
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