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Hydrogenaudio AAC Listening Test Results

Posted by timothy on from the picking-and-squeezing dept.

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.'"

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  1. so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Any particular reason they didnt include WMA? Its pretty widely known that WMA offers superior quality (and better compression). I guess they were just scared to confirm this fact.

  2. Re:Microsoft by koi88 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think the reason that WMA wasn't included is that they only tested AAC. No MP3, no WMA, no OGG, no whatever-else-is-out-there.
    Or did I misunderstand something?
    I think a test of all these would be interesting.

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  3. Let me get this straight by Rogerborg · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They compared a constant bit rate encoding at one bit rate, and didn't compare it against mp3, mp3pro, ogg or wma?

    Could they have found a way to make this test less interesting or useful? Who's the target audience here? The encoder developers? I'd have thought that they'd be doing their own tests.

    Let's at least liven it up a bit. Guesses on the dupe story? I'm thinking seven hours, and Taco.

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  4. Windows Media and Real Media by $exyNerdie · · Score: -1, Redundant


    Makes me wonder why they didn't include Windows Media and Real Media codecs in the test.....

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