AAC at 128kbps listening test - OPEN

[rjamorim]

Hello.

The AAC at 128kbps v2 listening test is now open. You are invited to participate.

Instructions on how to participate are available at this page:
http://www.rjamorim.com/test/aac128v2/presentation.html

The test will run until February 29th, and may be extended if proven necessary.

Best regards;

Roberto Amorim.

[duartix]

ABXing right now!

[duartix]

Hey!
Let's get some of this forum members droping by the test site and downloading some samples, shall we?
It's fun, healthy and will make girls will like you better. :D

[bond]

ok guys, last day to send in your results!

[rjamorim]

The AAC at 128kbps listening test is finished at last.

The summary is: iTunes and Nero are tied at first place, although iTunes is quite above Nero in the final ranking. And Compaact!, Faac and Real are tied at second place.

The results:
http://www.rjamorim.com/test/aac128v2/results.html

For those in a hurry:
http://www.rjamorim.com/test/aac128v2/plot12z.png

Thank-you very much for everyone that participated.

[bond]

interesting results!

finally faac, the free and opensource aac encoder, seems to be offering comparable quality to other commercial implementations (imho itunes still can be called the best, also considering that it is using CBR)

thanks for this great test, rjamorim ;)