Quality of mp3 files ripped/encoded by Mediasource's cod

Hi,
I was ripping a bought CD with Mediasource (like I have done so far) and after reading some threads here about encoding preferences and some posts stating that the quality of the codec matter a lot, I became curious about the quality of mp3 files yielded from Mediasource compared to those created from other applications (encoded at the same bitrate of course). Is anyone experienced enough to make a judgement about that? Does it use the LAME encoder or something else?

I think you're right Daniel.
Go to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Hardare tab. Choose Audio Codecs and then Properties. Then click on the Properties tab and you will see Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer 3 Codec.
As Fraunhofer developed the mp3 spec originally it can't be that bad but people do seem to say good things about the LAME encoder.
PB

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