[vorbis-dev] Sound & Vision codec comparison article

[Mark Taylor]

I just found this link on slashdot:

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/SoundAndVision/FrameSet/0,1670,_sl_SoundAndVision_sl_Article_sl_0_cm_1653_cm_130_2020_1_cm_00,00.html

It is a Sept 1999 article describing some very detailed, double blind
listening tests comparing PAC(Lucent), MP3(FhG) and MS audio at
128kbs.  In typical microsoft fashon, MS audio is the clear looser
despite all their hype.  There are types of music where MP3 does
better than PAC and vice versa, but overall MP3 comes out ahead.  In
only one sample did MP3 perform poorly.

MP3 and PAC are both MDCT/scalefactor type codecs.  Anyone know
what the technology is in the microsoft codec?

Mark

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