[Vorbis] AACplus

[Maik Merten]

Ross Levis wrote:
> I'm seeing more and more streaming stations using AACplus, with many
> listeners being amazed at the sound quality.  Most say that a 48kb/s
> sounds better than a 128kb/s MP3, which would put Ogg Vorbis at around
> 96kb/s IMO. That means only half the bitrate is required in AACplus
> compared to Ogg Vorbis for the same sound quality.  Up until this codec
> was available, Ogg Vorbis compared favourably with all the others.

I am very sceptic about these claims. There are people claiming Vorbis
can reach 128 kbps MP3 quality (whatever this may be) at bitrates below
64 kbps.

The aoTuV encoder ( http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/ ) has some
very nice low bitrate tunings enabling very listenable 48 kbps
encodings. You can get a more feature-complete binary at rarewares.org.

AAC may be ahead of Vorbis at low bitrates, but Vorbis is not hopelessly
behind.


Maik Merten