LAME equivalent in AAC world ?
Reply #15 –
MP3 aims at transparency at sufficient bitrates, HE-AAC (v2) does not (even at very high bitrates).
Ok. And HE-AAC (v1) does? Or does not either?
Depends on who you ask. Some marketing people will say "yes", developers like me say "no, because SBR is a parametric tool. Ok, maybe a veeery high bit rates, but there you could do just as well without SBR".
Chris