What is the best Audio Codec

Hi All
After all the problems with windows users and video codecs, What is the best codec for Audio Files to put on my website, so that everyone can play them.
I have Quicktime Pro, iTunes, Garageband, and Final Cut Studio.
Mike Hooley

iWeb uses the QuickTime plug-in for playback. It supports dozens of formats but still requires that QuickTime be installed.
So. Even if you used a very universal file format like .mp3 the iWeb generated page code will use QuickTime to play back the file.
When you insert non standard (.mov, .mp4. .m4a or .m4v would be standard) iWeb creates page code that uses the qtsrc="" tag that forces the file to be played using the QT plug-in. Non standard extensions would be .mp3, .mpg, .mpeg, .avi and some .swf files plus dozens of image formats.
If your page visitors don't have QuickTime installed they should be re-directed to the download page.

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