[vorbis] make lo-fi sound as good as RealAudio?

[Derek at CD Baby]

Can someone who really knows the Ogg command-line encoder, help recommend the best setting for 33.6k modem stereo music streaming?

(56k doesn't count cuz many people's 56k modems don't work at a full 56k, and I want them to be able to surf CD Baby at the same time as listening.  2 minutes / 120 seconds of audio should be about 400k.)

I'm at my wit's end: tried everything I know with the Ogg encoder, and still sounds like shit compared to RealAudio G2, unless I get the filesize twice as big.  There must be some way Ogg can sound almost as good as RealAudio for lo-fi, right?

I'm DYING to ditch RealAudio from our site!    Hell if Ogg can sound that good on a 33.6k modem, I'll go be an Ogg evangelist to 30,000 musicians and 200,000 customers.   But I haven't been able to do it yet.

Can anyone help?

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Derek Sivers, CD Baby, Hostbaby
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http://www.hostbaby.com <-- web hosting for musicians

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