[SOLVED] Audio Compression Quality

I would be interested in views about which compression algorithm (MP3, OGG, AAC, etc) gives the best reproduction quality for a given bitrate (e.g 160kB/s).
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by myrlin (2013-10-14 19:48:58)

That one is easy: ogg vorbis is the best audio codec. Some might say opus is better. Well yes it is, but just kinda better. Why do I still prefer and recommend vorbis? Because opus only supports 48kHz. This results in an upsampling of most audio material, which usually comes in 44.1kHz. For lower bitrates (I'd say \leq 128kbps) opus of course beats vorbis, but with 160kbps (or -q 5 in oggenc) I'd say vorbis is the best for music.

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