To get a better handle on just what is better, lame or ogg, I did some tests. Orignaly, I planned on doing VBR tests, but I couldn't get the output close enough to each other for a good comparison.

TL;DR: Encodec is a next-generation audio codec based on a complex neural network design, a system that can squeeze a lot of audio juice into minimal storage space. The codec would work for Metaverse ...

In previous episodes of this long-running series looking at the world of high-quality audio, at every point we’ve stayed in the real world of physical audio hardware. From the human ear to the ...