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Hydrogenaudio AAC Listening Test Results
caffeine_monkey writes "Hydrogenaudio's AAC public listening test, previously posted on Slashdot, is now over and the results are in. The test compared five codecs at 128 kbps, including Psytel, Nero, Sorenson Squeeze, QuickTime, and FAAC. The winner? 'QuickTime is a clear winner, performing much better than the competition. Sorenson Squeeze, Psytel AACenc and Nero are tied, with Sorenson slightly higher than the others. Faac is clearly the worst.'"
It has been shown in many tests before (including those featured on Slashdot) that at 128k ogg came out well ahead.
:-)
If we take the comparison to vehicles that has been shown elsewhere I would see the formats as follows:
AAC (Pogo stick that costs £100)
WMA (bicycle that costs £80 this year but will cost more next year and prevents you from using any other forms of transport)
FLAC (HUMVEE that runs on water, great but may be too large for your needs)
ogg (Mountain bike that is free, robust and does many tasks well)
mp3 (Mountain bike unsure of full costs, which may change without warning, does many tasks well, though is often beaten by ogg.)
I did not see any links in the article relating to using these tests for further comparisons.
If people really want to see which is the best pogo stick; however if you are looking to review different transport methods, just comparing pogo stick manufacturers are best is limiting
And now for something completely different...
Slashdot Beta should die a painful death.
What planet exactly have you been on the during the last decade?
(Hint: MultiMedia architecture invented at Apple in 1991, also the base format for MPEG4) more info..., even more info...
Modded redundant? Bullshit. Who else is guessing when Taco posts the dupe?
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.