[vorbis] ogg@48kb/s ~ mp3@96

[Ross Levis]

As a matter of interest I tested the quality at -1 which has a nominal 
bitrate of 45 but the 2 tracks I encoded both averaged out to exactly 
48kb/s.

I noticed the lowpass defaulted to 15.1khz like -q0 so that may need 
addressing at some stage.  I used a lowpass of 13khz which overall 
sounded better with less artifacts.  I found it sharper & clearer than a 
lame encoded mp3 encoded with -V9 which averaged 99kb/s.  Lame defaults 
to a 13khz lowpass at this quality.  It was very acceptable & listenable 
 (if thats a word) on my cheap desktop speakers which have plenty of 
bass & midrange but not too much top-end.

For desktop listening it would save a ton of space using only 360k per 
minute.  This is great!

Any reports from others testing the lower sampling frequencies?

Ross.

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