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pFREDD
11-08-2007, 09:30 AM
I have dbpowerAMP Reference, which came with three MP3 codecs: LAME, Helix and Fraunhofer IIS.

Which one should I use when I rip CDs?

Is there a place that lists the advantages one has over the others?

Thanks!

csiron
11-08-2007, 10:15 AM
From Wikipedia:
As of 2004, consensus amongst the audiophile community is that LAME produces the highest-quality MP3 files for bitrates greater or equal to 128 kbit/s when using variable bitrate encoding; in a public listening test early in 2004, LAME MP3 files were the best 128 kbit/s MP3 files compared to the uncompressed original audio when using VBR mode.

Much more can be read at this forum:
hydrogenaudio (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php)