[vorbis] MP3/Vorbis comparision

[gtgbr at gmx.net]

> Martin Blackwell wrote:
> In my efforts to convince people to hear how good Vorbis is when
> compared to MP3, I'm gonna be encoding tracks from my CD collection to
> both formats, then writing them to audio CD, so people don't have to
> install extra software to hear the difference.

To make them actually hear a difference and not say "it sounds all the
same", you'd need relatively low quality/bitrate settings. How about
~112 kbps, which is still fair for MP3:

lame --alt-preset 112
oggenc [-q 3]

(the -q 3 is optional, since it's the default quality)

Using anything but lame --alt-preset would be unfair towards MP3, imo.

<p>Moritz
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