AAC vs. OGG vs. MP3

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @12:53AM from the let-the-battle-begin dept.

asv108 writes "Yesterday, Apple unveiled their new music service claiming that the AAC format "combines sound quality that rivals CD." Here is a little comparison of lossy music codecs, comparing an Apple ripped AAC file with the commonly used MP3 codec and the increasingly popular OGG codec. Spectrum analysis was used to see which format did the best job of maintaining the shape of the original waveform." Wish they had WMAs in there too. And for the spoilage, it looks like OGG comes out on top.

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Audio formats by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-29 01:06 · Score: 0, Redundant

I've done independant listening tests of my own on various formats. At the time OGG@~128Kb/S was much better sounding than MP3Pro@64Kb/s, MP3@128Kb/s, and WMA@92Kb/s. These are the settings which claim to be near CD quality, and for the most part don't even come close. OGG was a better sound format then, and if ACC is comparible to OGG, then OGG would win out. It's a more standardized format right now, and you don't have messy patents to dodge. I may be bias, since I hate quicktime with a passion.