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Sebastian Mares · 10-12-2006

The much awaited results of the Public, Multiformat Listening Test @ 48 kbps are ready.

Here is the results page: http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tes...-1/results.htm

Nero is first, followed by Vorbis and WMA Pro. which are tied on second place, WMA Standard is third and loses.

I think this test shows that with modern encoders, the quality at 48 kbps is acceptable and should be good enough for Internet streaming or portable use with cell phones for example. It's also interesting to see that WMA Professional perfomed quite well although it was the only contender that used CBR.

10-12-2006	#6 (permalink)
Sebastian Mares CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posts: 68	Re: Multiformat Listening Test @ 48 kbps - OPEN The much awaited results of the Public, Multiformat Listening Test @ 48 kbps are ready. Here is the results page: http://www.maresweb.de/listening-tes...-1/results.htm Nero is first, followed by Vorbis and WMA Pro. which are tied on second place, WMA Standard is third and loses. I think this test shows that with modern encoders, the quality at 48 kbps is acceptable and should be good enough for Internet streaming or portable use with cell phones for example. It's also interesting to see that WMA Professional perfomed quite well although it was the only contender that used CBR. __________________ There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. Last edited by Sebastian Mares; 10-12-2006 at 00:48.