In the hereafter you can see removed bits table evaluated on my SetF, for LossyWAV 0.3.8-9-10-11, all presets, frame sizes 512 - 1024 - 2048 - 4096.
As we already know, recent versions are removing less bits than previous ones.
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| | 0.3.8 | 0.3.9 | 0.3.10 | 0.3.11 | 0.3.11 vs. 0.3.8 |
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| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 512 | 4,69 | 5,58 | 5,80 | 4,67 | 5,50 | 5,73 | 4,38 | 5,18 | 5,41 | 4,04 | 4,80 | 5,03 | -,65 | -,78 | -,77 |
| 1024 | 4,46 | 5,21 | 5,37 | 4,44 | 5,14 | 5,31 | 4,16 | 4,84 | 5,00 | 3,77 | 4,42 | 4,58 | -,69 | -,79 | -,79 |
| 2048 | 4,12 | 4,95 | 5,11 | 4,10 | 4,89 | 5,06 | 3,83 | 4,59 | 4,75 | 3,39 | 4,11 | 4,27 | -,73 | -,84 | -,84 |
| 4096 | 3,81 | 4,63 | 4,79 | 3,79 | 4,57 | 4,74 | 3,53 | 4,28 | 4,45 | 3,05 | 3,75 | 3,91 | -,76 | -,88 | -,88 |
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In next table, you can see TAK 1.0.2e08 -p3m bitrates for LossyWAV files produced by 0.3.8 and 0.3.11.
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| | TAK on 0.3.8 | TAK on 0.3.11 | 0.3.11 vs 0.3.8 |
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| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 512 | 499 | 430 | 413 | 552 | 490 | 472 | +53 | +60 | +59 |
| 1024 | 501 | 443 | 431 | 557 | 504 | 491 | +56 | +61 | +60 |
| 2048 | 519 | 453 | 441 | 578 | 520 | 507 | +59 | +67 | +66 |
| 4096 | 539 | 473 | 461 | 602 | 545 | 532 | +63 | +72 | +71 |
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As you may see, on average we have 13% bigger files. I am aware that in this phase LossyWAV development is heading for some less aggressive settings and I'm confident sound quality improvements may be worth the loss in compression efficiency. Nevertheless in my opinion, as we are approaching bitrates which are not so attractive when compared to pure lossless (862kbps, for TAK 1.0.2e08 -p3m on my SetF, lossless) I would keep some more aggressive settings as a preset.