[MP3 ENCODER] Another question with filters/mp3enc 3.1

[Joshua Bahnsen]

This is another question with filters, I guess. I am looking to encode my entire Smashing Pumpkins CD collection, I previously did this back in mid 1998, but then I used bladeenc because, at the time, it was the fastest encoder I had access to. Now that they have a new album, I figured I would re-encode them with a much better quality encoder. Even though mp3enc 3.1 is no where near the fastest encoder, the quality is excellent. My main question is, would it be better for me to use a command line like this mp3enc -v -br 160000 -qual 9 -no-is -bw 22050 or just leave the bandwidth part out? What is the bandwidth default with mp3enc at the highest quality? Or does anyone feel that I would not really notice a difference in quality with lame, the speed is just calling me.