I have said before but if you really want to put mp3s to the test then
electronic music is the way to do it... I've not really tried some of the
more aggresive stuff as I'm not that into it myself but I imagine it would
really push what is possible... for the best quality mp3s using lame with
--alt-preset standard (~200k/s VBR)
--alt-preset extreme (~230k/s VBR)
--alt-preset insane (320k CBR)
These are the best that mp3 can do and should cope fairly well with
everything..
For even better handling though try MPC.. its a much better quality codec
than mp3 and has few samples that "break" it... its transparent to most
people at ~190k/s ... this is true transparency... some of these arkward
samples may be able to trouble the codec... if so and you can hear it being
troubled then you could help the format by telling the developers which
tracks struggle... giving blind tested results... MPC is much better than
anything out there at the moment so if compressed music quality is your goal
and you can't afford lossless (which is of course perfect) then try it
out... www.hydrogenaudio.org is the best site for all of this stuff...
Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Tasker [mailto:mtasker@optonline.net]
> Sent: 07 April 2003 14:08
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [idm] Ripping question
>
>
> Joe Peterson wrote:
> > read me.
> > http://www.r3mix.net/ --->quality, analysis, myths, critique.
> quite informative
> > for anyone looking for real data about tests on various types of audio
> > compression.
>
> A word to the wise... the LAME settings on r3mix.net are outdated; check
> out http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act=ST&f=15&t=203 for more
> current information.
>
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