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iTunes AAC bad quality encodes

Reply #50 –
A couple of days ago I said I'd give the Nero Digital encoder a try...

Now I have just finished an intensive listening session with neroAacEnc encoded files (drezon's thunder sample).

My ears' results (profile: Low Complexity):
  • Nero-AAC indistinguishable from original at Q 0.5 ~174kbs! - ABX: 8/20 ~ 86.8%
  • Nero-AAC slightly different from original at Q 0.4 ~134kbs - ABX: 15/20 ~ 2.1%
  • Nero-AAC at Q 0.4 ~134kbs light years better than Quicktime-AAC at 256kbs - ABX: 10/10 ~ 0.1%
Q 0.4 was VERY hard to differentiate and worked only with my Westone UM-2. Allesandro MS-1 didn't do it.

Good job Ahead!

This is going to be my new reference encoder.



Edit: For future reference: neroAacEnc 1.0.7.0, ABX scores added.

iTunes AAC bad quality encodes

Reply #51 –
Nice to hear this
Thank you.
We will do our best to improve encoder even more in the future.