Re: MP3 Vs ATRAC : Which is worse ?

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In article <79desg$9gh$1@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
John Busenitz <busenitz@earthlink.net> wrote:
>md_fan@usa.net wrote in message <79bfro$sma$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>If you're talking about VQF (and its cousins) I have to disagree, based on
>my
>>listening tests with VQF at least.
Um, what's VQF?  I say that speaking as one of the people who drafted
both MP3 and AAC standards...

>Well, you might well be alone. It has been reliably shown that AAC is more
>transparent than MP3 (and AC-3), even when run at a LOWER bitrate than the
>others.
And quite so.  JAES March 1998.

>There are probably copyright issues with Sony as well. I hope that they will
>either improve ATRAC or start using a better codec in the future, not to
>mention
>a medium with greater data density, like DVD.

There is a chance of both, I'd guess.
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