New lossless codec comparison (Jan '13)
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What decoder and/or application have You used for TAK? Last time TAK native app decodes as fast as FLAC.
I've used the Takc.exe command line encoder which I downloaded straight from TAK's homepage. This was run over Wine, but that shouldn't make much of a difference, as Wine only emulates system calls.
The reason that TAK decodes as fast as FLAC with you is probably because not your CPU but your harddisk is the bottleneck. In this test, CPU-time was measured and the test were done with a ramdisk to bypass the harddisk, so this might be the difference. After all, those codecs decode so fast on desktop CPU's that harddisks can't keep up.
Regarding Monkey's Audio, I've seen some devices advertising supporting it recently, so your observation is correct.