I have tried one more sample. This time a tonal one, "Fugue Premikres notes"
The sample is here (Sample09).
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=808142
3.99.5z did better again and even with a bit lower bitrate.
ABC-HR
ABC/HR Version 1.1 beta 2, 18 June 2004
Testname:
1R = D:\Audio\Test samples\09 Fugue Prem. Notes\LAME 3.99.5 V 1.5.wav
2L = D:\Audio\Test samples\09 Fugue Prem. Notes\LAME 3.99.5z V3+.wav
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General Comments:
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1R File: D:\Audio\Test samples\09 Fugue Prem. Notes\LAME 3.99.5 V 1.5.wav
1R Rating: 3.8
1R Comment:
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2L File: D:\Audio\Test samples\09 Fugue Prem. Notes\LAME 3.99.5z V3+.wav
2L Rating: 4.5
2L Comment:
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ABX Results:
And I needed foobar's ABXY (not ABX).
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v1.1.15
2012/10/28 22:13:16
File A: D:\Audio\Test samples\09 Fugue Prem. Notes\LAME 3.99.5z V3+.mp3
File B: D:\Audio\Test samples\09 Fugue Prem. Notes\LAME 3.99.5 V 1.5.mp3
22:13:16 : Test started.
22:13:52 : 01/01 50.0%
22:14:12 : 02/02 25.0%
22:14:34 : 03/03 12.5%
22:14:45 : 04/04 6.3%
22:15:08 : 04/05 18.8%
22:15:31 : 05/06 10.9%
22:15:48 : 06/07 6.3%
22:16:10 : 07/08 3.5%
22:16:12 : Test finished.
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Total: 7/8 (3.5%)
Untill now my findings are only positive with 17.5kHz bandwidth, at least for V3+. I don't hear LAME 3.99.5 preserving high frequencies any decently. There are more artifacts than details.