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Ogg beats MP3 & The Rest In Listening Test

Nice2Cats writes "The Ogg Vorbis format came out far ahead of MP3, MP3Pro, RealAudio Surround, and Windows Media 9 Beta in a comparison of different audio formats by Germany's respected computer magazine c't. More than 6,000 people took part in the test. Heise says Ogg's dominance was most pronounced with 64 kBit/sec samples; the full magazine article (out on Monday) mentions that in pre-tests, some people actually mistook the 128 kBit/sec Ogg samples for the uncoded version. Let's hear it for those strangely named open source file formats!"

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  1. New World Order Battle has begun.. by Sunbaked · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It might be a new world order but what ever gave them the idea to use such a screwy extension?

    Laying on his deathbed King Brak of the Oggs called for his military advisors to warn them that his two enemies were sure to attack all Ogg islands once he passed away. Brak and his advisors came up with a plan to organize and train the Ogg tribesmen to use weapons for the defense of thier villages.

    Meanwhile Nanny Ogg can tell us whether MP3's are best served at weddings, Dinner or Audio Compression Victory parties in her cookbook.

    I mean there's nothing like launching a new world order when it comes to audio compression using an extension whose browsing can find you great Poinsettias at www.ogg.com

  2. Re:Google Translated link by TheWickedKingJeremy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    heheh karma whoring not turning out as you had hoped? ;)

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  3. Re:SOLIDARIDAD CON BRIAN by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am intrigued and wish to subscribe to your stupid joke masquerading as a scam.

    graspee