For the last 2 weeks i have been running a Lossless compression test using a whole range of different lossless codecs. I'm not sure if the results would be helpful to anyone but i thought i would post them up on HA just in case.
-Encoders Tested-
FLAC v1.2.1
FLAKE v0.11
FLAKE SVN r264
Lossless Audio v4b
Monkeys Audio v4.10
OptimFROG v4.910b
QAAC v1.40 (iTunes v10.6.3.25)
Shorten v3.6.1
TAK v2.2.0
TTA v2.1
Wavpack v4.60.1
WMA v9.2 Lossless (Converted with dBpoweramp Music Converter)
-Music Tested-
+---30 Seconds To Mars
| +---2002 - 30 Seconds To Mars
| +---2006 - A Beautiful Lie
| \---2009 - This Is War
+---311
| \---1995 - 311
+---A
| \---2002 - Hi-Fi Serious
+---A Perfect Circle
| +---2000 - Mer De Noms
| \---2003 - Thirteenth Step
+---AC-DC
| +---1980 - Back In Black
| +---1992 - Live Collector's Edition Disc 1
| \---1992 - Live Collector's Edition Disc 2
+---Adele
| \---2011 - 21
+---AFI
| +---2003 - Sing The Sorrow
| +---2006 - Decemberunderground
| +---2009 - Crash Love
| \---2009 - Crash Love Bonus Disc
+---Alexisonfire
| +---2002 - Alexisonfire
| +---2004 - Watch Out!
| +---2006 - Crisis
| +---2007 - Live At The Manchester Academy Disc 1
| +---2007 - Live At The Manchester Academy Disc 2
| \---2009 - Old Crows - Young Cardinals
+---Alice In Chains
| +---1993 - Jar Of Flies
| +---1996 - Unplugged
| \---2001 - Greatest Hits
+---Alien Ant Farm
| +---2001 - Anthology
| \---2003 - Truant
+---Angels & Airwaves
| +---2006 - We Don't Need To Whisper
| +---2007 - I-Empire
| +---2010 - Love Part One
| \---2011 - Love Part Two
+---Anthrax
| +---1987 - Among The Living
| +---1990 - Persistence Of Time
| +---1993 - Sound Of White Noise
| \---2003 - We've Come For You All
+---Anti-flag
| +---2006 - For Blood And Empire
| +---2007 - A Benefit For Victims Of Violent Crime
| +---2008 - The Bright Lights Of America
| +---2009 - The People Or The Gun
| \---2009 - Which Side Are You On E.p
+---Arctic Monkeys
| \---2007 - Favourite Worst Nightmare
+---Autopilot Off
| \---2004 - Make A Sound
+---Bad Religion
| +---1989 - No Control
| +---1990 - Against The Grain
| +---1993 - Recipe For Hate
| +---1994 - Stranger Than Fiction
| +---1996 - The Gray Race
| +---1997 - Tested
| +---2002 - The Process Of Belief
| +---2004 - The Empire Strikes First
| +---2007 - New Maps Of Hell
| \---2010 - The Dissent Of Man
+---Banco De Gaia
| +---1995 - Last Train To Lhasa Disc 1
| \---1995 - Last Train To Lhasa Disc 2
+---Ben Folds
| +---2001 - Rockin' The Suburbs
| \---2002 - Ben Folds Live
+---Ben Folds Five
| +---1995 - Ben Folds Five
| +---1997 - Whatever And Ever Amen
| \---1999 - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
+---Billy Joel
| +---1985 - Greatest Hits Disc 1
| \---1985 - Greatest Hits Disc 2
+---Billy Talent
| +---2003 - I
| +---2006 - II
| +---2007 - 666
| \---2009 - III
+---Blink-182
| +---1994 - Buddha
| +---1994 - Cheshire Cat
| +---1997 - Dude Ranch
| +---1999 - Enema Of The State
| +---2000 - The Mark, Tom & Travis Show
| +---2001 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
| +---2003 - Blink-182
| \---2011 - Neighborhoods
+---Bob Marley
| \---1984 - Legend
+---Bob Mould
| \---1996 - Bob Mould
+---Bodyjar
| +---1998 - No Touch Red
| +---2000 - How It Works
| \---2005 - Bodyjar
+---Bon Jovi
| \---1986 - Slippery When Wet
+---Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
| +---2006 - The Letting Go
| \---2011 - Wolfroy Goes To Town
+---Bowling For Soup
| \---2004 - A Hangover You Don't Deserve
+---Brand New
| +---2001 - Your Favourite Weapon
| +---2003 - Deja Entendu
| +---2006 - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
| \---2009 - Daisy
+---Breaking Benjamin
| +---2002 - Saturate
| +---2004 - Live Ep
| +---2004 - We Are Not Alone
| +---2006 - Phobia
| \---2009 - Dear Agony
+---Cake
| +---1994 - Motorcade Of Generosity
| +---1996 - Fashion Nugget
| +---1998 - Prolonging The Magic
| +---2001 - Comfort Eagle
| +---2004 - Pressure Chief
| \---2011 - Showroom Of Compassion
+---Cat Stevens
| \---1990 - The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
+---Chicago
| \---1997 - Heart Of Chicago 1967 - 1997
+---Cky
| +---2001 - Volume 1
| \---2002 - Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild
+---Counting Crows
| \---1993 - August And Everything After
+---Creedence Clearwater Revival
| +---1995 - Chronicle Disc 1
| \---1995 - Chronicle Disc 2
+---Crowded House
| \---1996 - Recurring Dream The Very Best Of
+---Danzig
| \---1988 - Danzig
+---David Bowie
| \---1997 - The Best Of (1969-1974)
+---Deep Purple
| +---1972 - Machine Head- 25th Anniversary Edition Disc 1
| \---1972 - Machine Head- 25th Anniversary Edition Disc 2
+---Def Leppard
| \---1987 - Hysteria
+---Descendents
| \---1996 - Everything Sucks
+---Dire Straits
| \---1998 - Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of
+---Disturbed
| +---2000 - The Sickness
| +---2002 - Believe
| +---2005 - Ten Thousand Fists
| +---2008 - Indestructible
| +---2010 - Asylum
| \---2011 - The Lost Children
+---Dragonforce
| \---2006 - Inhuman Rampage
+---Dropkick Murphys
| +---1997 - Do Or Die
| +---2001 - Sing Loud, Sing Proud!
| +---2003 - Blackout
| +---2005 - The Warrior's Code
| +---2007 - The Meanest Of Times
| +---2010 - Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA
| \---2011 - Going Out In Style
+---Easy Star All-Stars
| +---2003 - Dub Side Of The Moon
| +---2006 - Radiodread
| +---2009 - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
| +---2010 - Dubber Side Of The Moon
| \---2012 - Thrillah
+---Elton John
| +---2002 - Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 Disc 1
| \---2002 - Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 Disc 2
+---Eric Clapton
| +---1992 - Unplugged
| +---2002 - One More Car, One More Rider - Disc 1
| \---2002 - One More Car, One More Rider - Disc 2
+---Evanescence
| \---2003 - Fallen
+---Extreme
| \---1990 - Pornograffitti
+---Face To Face
| \---1996 - Face To Face
+---Faith No More
| +---1985 - We Care A Lot
| +---1987 - Introduce Yourself
| +---1989 - The Real Thing
| +---1990 - Live At The Brixton Academy
| +---1993 - Angel Dust
| +---1993 - Free Concert In The Park
| +---1995 - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
| +---1997 - Album Of The Year
| \---2009 - Download Festival
+---Fat Freddys Drop
| \---2005 - Based On A True Story
+---Fatboy Slim
| \---1998 - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
+---Fear Factory
| +---1997 - Remanufacture
| +---1998 - Obsolete
| \---2001 - Digimortal
+---Finch
| +---2002 - What It Is To Burn
| +---2005 - Say Hello To Sunshine
| +---2008 - Finch
| \---2010 - Epilogue Ep
+---Finger Eleven
| \---2003 - Finger Eleven
+---Finley Quaye
| +---1997 - Maverick A Strike
| \---2003 - Much More Than Much Love
+---Fishbone
| \---1991 - The Reality Of My Surroundings
+---Foo Fighters
| +---1995 - Foo Fighters
| +---1997 - The Colour And The Shape
| \---1999 - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
+---Frank Zappa
| \---1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
+---Frenzal Rhomb
| +---1999 - A Man's Not A Camel
| +---1999 - We're Going Out Tonight EP
| \---1999 - You Are Not My Friend EP
+---Frightened Rabbit
| \---2008 - The Midnight Organ Fight
+---Fun Lovin' Criminals
| +---1996 - Come Find Yourself
| +---1998 - 100% Colombian
| +---1999 - Mimosa
| +---2001 - Loco
| \---2010 - Classic Fantastic
+---Funeral For A Friend
| +---2003 - Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation
| +---2003 - Seven Ways To Scream Your Name
| +---2005 - Hours
| +---2007 - Tales Don't Tell Themselves
| +---2007 - The Great Wide Open (Live)
| +---2008 - Memory And Humanity
| +---2009 - Your History Is Mine (2002-2009)
| \---2011 - Welcome Home Armageddon
+---Green Day
| +---1994 - Dookie
| +---1995 - Insomniac
| +---1997 - Nimrod
| +---2000 - Warning
| +---2002 - Shenanigans
| \---2004 - American Idiot
+---Grinspoon
| \---2004 - Thrills, Kills + Sunday Pills
+---Groove Armada
| \---2002 - Lovebox
+---Guns N' Roses
| +---1987 - Appetite For Destruction
| +---1991 - Use Your Illusion I
| +---1991 - Use Your Illusion II
| \---2008 - Chinese Democracy
+---Head Like A Hole
| \---1995 - Double Your Strength Improve Your Health And Lengthen Your Life
+---Hoobastank
| \---2003 - The Reason
+---Hootie & The Blowfish
| \---1994 - Cracked Rear View
+---Husker Du
| \---1994 - The Living End
+---Incubus
| +---1999 - Make Yourself
| +---2001 - Morning View
| +---2004 - A Crow Left Of The Murder
| +---2006 - Light Grenades
| +---2011 - If Not Now, When
| \---2012 - Live Hq
+---Inspiral Carpets
| \---1991 - The Beast Inside
+---Iron Maiden
| +---1983 - Piece Of Mind
| +---1988 - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
| +---1992 - Fear Of The Dark
| +---1993 - A Real Live One
| +---1998 - The Number Of The Beast
| +---2000 - Brave New World
| +---2002 - Rock In Rio Disc 1
| +---2002 - Rock In Rio Disc 2
| +---2009 - Flight 666 The Original Soundtrack Disc 1
| \---2009 - Flight 666 The Original Soundtrack Disc 2
+---Jack Johnson
| +---2000 - Brushfire Fairytales
| +---2003 - On And On
| +---2005 - In Between Dreams
| \---2008 - Sleep Through The Static
+---Jamiroquai
| \---1996 - Travelling Without Moving
+---Jeff Wayne
| +---1978 - The War Of The Worlds Disc 1
| \---1978 - The War Of The Worlds Disc 2
+---Jimmy Eat World
| +---2001 - Jimmy Eat World
| +---2004 - Futures
| +---2007 - Chase This Light
| \---2010 - Invented
+---Joe Satriani
| \---1992 - The Extremist
+---John Butler Trio
| \---2007 - Grand National
+---John Lennon
| +---1971 - Imagine
| \---1997 - Lennon Legend - The Very Best Of John Lennon
+---John Mayer
| +---2001 - Room For Squares
| +---2003 - Any Given Thursday Disc 1
| +---2003 - Any Given Thursday Disc 2
| +---2003 - Heavier Things
| +---2006 - Continuum
| +---2006 - The Village Sessions
| +---2008 - Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles Disc 1
| +---2008 - Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles Disc 2
| +---2009 - Battle Studies
| \---2012 - Born And Raised
+---Lagwagon
| +---1994 - Trashed
| +---1995 - Duh
| +---1995 - Hoss
| +---1997 - Double Plaidinum
| +---1998 - Let's Talk About Feelings
| +---2002 - Let's Talk About Leftovers
| +---2003 - Blaze
| +---2005 - Live In A Dive
| +---2005 - Resolve
| \---2008 - I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon
+---Less Than Jake
| +---1995 - Pezcore
| +---1996 - Losing Streak
| +---1998 - Hello Rockview
| \---2008 - Gnv Fla Deluxe Box Set
+---Linkin Park
| +---2000 - Hybrid Theory
| +---2003 - Meteora
| \---2007 - Minutes To Midnight
+---Living Colour
| +---1988 - Vivid
| \---1990 - Time's Up
+---Long Beach Dub Allstars
| \---1999 - Right Back
+---Lostprophets
| +---2004 - Start Something
| +---2006 - Liberation Transmission
| +---2010 - The Betrayed
| \---2012 - Weapons (Deluxe Edition)
+---Mad Caddies
| +---1997 - Quality Soft Core
| +---1998 - Duck And Cover
| +---2000 - The Holiday Has Been Cancelled
| +---2001 - Rock The Plank
| +---2003 - Just One More
| +---2004 - Live From Toronto- Songs In The Key Of Eh
| \---2007 - Keep It Going
+---Matchbook Romance
| +---2003 - Stories And Alibis
| \---2006 - Voices
+---Mclusky
| \---2006 - Mcluskyism
+---Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
| +---1997 - Have A Ball
| +---1999 - Are A Drag
| +---2001 - Blow In The Wind
| +---2003 - Take A Break
| +---2004 - Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
| +---2006 - Love Their Country
| \---2008 - Have Another Ball
+---Michael Jackson
| +---1979 - Off The Wall
| +---1982 - Thriller
| \---1991 - Dangerous
+---Millencolin
| +---1995 - Life On A Plate
| +---1997 - For Monkeys
| +---1999 - Pennybridge Pioneers
| +---1999 - The Melancholy Collection
| \---2002 - Home From Home
+---Misfits
| +---1997 - American Psycho
| +---1999 - Famous Monsters
| +---2003 - Project 1950
| \---2011 - The Devil's Rain
+---Moby
| \---1999 - Play
+---Motley Crue
| \---1989 - Dr. Feelgood
+---Mr. Bungle
| +---1991 - Mr. Bungle
| +---1995 - Disco Volante
| \---1999 - California
+---Muse
| +---1999 - Showbiz
| +---2001 - Origin Of Symmetry
| +---2002 - Hullabaloo Disc 1
| +---2002 - Hullabaloo Disc 2
| +---2003 - Absolution
| +---2006 - Black Holes And Revelations
| +---2008 - H.A.A.R.P
| \---2009 - The Resistance
+---Neil Finn & Friends
| +---2001 - 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James
| \---2001 - 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James DVD
+---New Found Glory
| +---1999 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
| +---2000 - From The Screen To Your Stereo
| +---2000 - New Found Glory
| +---2002 - Sticks And Stones
| +---2004 - Catalyst
| +---2006 - Coming Home
| +---2007 - From The Screen To Your Stereo Part 2
| +---2008 - Tip Of The Iceberg
| +---2009 - Not Without A Fight
| \---2011 - Radiosurgery
+---Nirvana
| +---1989 - Bleach
| +---1991 - Nevermind
| +---1992 - Incesticide
| +---1994 - Unplugged In New York
| +---2009 - Live At Reading
| \---2011 - Live At The Paramount
+---No Fun At All
| +---1993 - Throw It In
| +---1995 - No Straight Angles
| +---1995 - Out Of Bounds
| +---1997 - The Big Knockover
| \---2000 - State Of Flow
+---No Use For A Name
| +---1990 - Incognito
| +---1992 - Don't Miss The Train
| +---1993 - Daily Grind
| +---1995 - Leche Con Carne
| +---1997 - Making Friends
| +---1999 - More Betterness!
| +---2002 - Hard Rock Bottom
| +---2002 - Live In A Dive
| +---2005 - Keep Them Confused
| \---2008 - The Feel Good Record Of The Year
+---Nofx
| +---1989 - S&M Airlines
| +---1991 - Liberal Animation
| +---1991 - Ribbed
| +---1992 - The Longest Line
| +---1992 - White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean
| +---1994 - Punk In Drublic
| +---1995 - I Heard They Suck Live
| +---1996 - Heavy Petting Zoo
| +---1997 - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
| +---1999 - The Decline
| +---2000 - Pump Up The Valuum
| +---2002 - 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records Disc 1
| +---2002 - 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records Disc 2 Catching Zzz's
| +---2003 - The War On Errorism
| +---2006 - Wolves In Wolves' Clothing
| +---2009 - Coaster
| \---2009 - Cokie The Clown Ep
+---Ocean Colour Scene
| +---1996 - Moseley Shoals
| \---2001 - Songs For The Front Row
+---One Dollar Short
| \---2002 - Eight Days Away
+---Ozzy Osbourne
| +---1980 - Blizzard Of Ozz
| +---1983 - Bark At The Moon
| +---1991 - No More Tears
| +---1995 - Ozzmosis
| +---1995 - Tribute
| +---1997 - The Ozzman Cometh Disc 1
| +---1997 - The Ozzman Cometh Disc 2
| +---2005 - Under Cover
| +---2007 - Black Rain
| \---2010 - Scream
+---Pacifier
| +---2002 - Pacifier
| \---2002 - Weapons Of Mass Destruction
+---Papa Roach
| +---2004 - Getting Away With Murder
| +---2006 - The Paramour Sessions
| \---2009 - Metamorphosis
+---Pennywise
| +---1991 - Pennywise
| +---1992 - A Word From The Wise
| +---1993 - Unknown Road
| +---1995 - About Time
| +---1997 - Full Circle
| +---1999 - Straight Ahead
| +---2001 - Land Of The Free
| +---2003 - From The Ashes
| +---2005 - The Fuse
| +---2008 - Reason To Believe
| \---2012 - All Or Nothing
+---Phil Collins
| +---1989 - ...But Seriously
| \---1998 - ...Hits
+---Pink Floyd
| +---1973 - The Dark Side Of The Moon
| +---1975 - Wish You Were Here
| +---1979 - The Wall Disc 1
| +---1979 - The Wall Disc 2
| \---2005 - Live 8
+---Placebo
| +---1996 - Placebo
| +---1998 - Without You I'm Nothing
| +---2001 - Black Market Music
| +---2003 - Covers
| +---2003 - Sleeping With Ghosts
| +---2003 - Sleeping With Ghosts - Covers
| +---2006 - Meds
| +---2007 - Meds - Chile
| +---2009 - Battle For The Sun
| \---2011 - We Come In Pieces (Live)
+---Primal Scream
| \---1992 - Screamadelica
+---Pulley
| \---1996 - Esteem Driven Engine
+---Queen
| +---1981 - Greatest Hits
| +---2003 - Live At Wembley Stadium Disc 1
| \---2003 - Live At Wembley Stadium Disc 2
+---Radiohead
| +---1993 - Pablo Honey
| +---1995 - The Bends
| +---1997 - OK Computer
| \---2000 - Kid A
+---Rage Against The Machine
| +---1992 - Rage Against The Machine
| \---1996 - Evil Empire
+---Red Hot Chili Peppers
| \---1991 - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
+---Reel Big Fish
| +---1995 - Everything Sucks
| +---1996 - Turn The Radio Off
| +---1998 - Why Do They Rock So Hard
| +---2002 - Cheer Up
| +---2005 - We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
| +---2006 - Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album Disc 1
| +---2006 - Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album Disc 2
| +---2007 - Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For Free
| \---2009 - Fame, Fortune And Fornication
+---Regurgitator
| \---1997 - Unit
+---Richard Ashcroft
| +---2000 - Alone With Everybody
| +---2002 - Human Conditions
| \---2006 - Keys To The World
+---Rise Against
| +---2001 - The Unraveling
| +---2003 - Revolutions Per Minute
| +---2004 - Siren Song Of The Counter Culture
| +---2006 - The Sufferer And The Witness
| +---2008 - Appeal To Reason
| \---2011 - Endgame
+---Saliva
| \---2004 - Survival Of The Sickest
+---Salmonella Dub
| +---1999 - Killervision
| \---2001 - Inside The Dub Plates
+---Seether
| \---2005 - Karma And Effect
+---Shihad
| +---1995 - Killjoy
| +---1996 - Shihad
| \---1999 - The General Electric
+---Silverchair
| +---1995 - Frogstomp
| +---1996 - Freak Show
| +---1999 - Neon Ballroom
| +---2002 - Diorama
| \---2007 - Young Modern
+---Skid Row
| \---1989 - Skid Row
+---Skunk Anansie
| +---1995 - Paranoid & Sunburnt
| +---1996 - Stoosh
| +---1998 - Post Orgasmic Chill
| \---2010 - Wonderlustre
+---Social Distortion
| +---2004 - Sex, Love, and Rock n' Roll
| \---2011 - Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes
+---Soundgarden
| \---1994 - Superunkown
+---Spiderbait
| +---1996 - Ivy And The Big Apples
| \---1999 - Grand Slam
+---Staind
| +---2001 - Break the Cycle
| +---2003 - 14 Shades Of Grey
| +---2005 - Chapter V
| +---2008 - The Illusion Of Progress
| \---2011 - Staind
+---Stone Temple Pilots
| +---1992 - Core
| +---1994 - Purple
| \---1996 - Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
+---Story Of The Year
| +---2003 - Page Avenue
| +---2005 - In The Wake Of Determination
| +---2005 - Live In The Lou
| +---2008 - The Black Swan
| \---2010 - The Constant
+---Strung Out
| +---1994 - Another Day In Paradise
| +---1996 - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
| +---1998 - Twisted By Design
| +---2000 - The Element Of Sonic Defiance
| +---2002 - An American Paradox
| +---2003 - Live In A Dive
| +---2004 - Exile In Oblivion
| +---2007 - Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
| \---2009 - Agents Of The Underground
+---Sublime
| +---1992 - Sublime
| \---1997 - Second-Hand Smoke
+---Sugar
| +---1992 - Copper Blue
| +---1993 - Beaster
| \---1994 - File Under- Easy Listening
+---Sum 41
| +---2000 - Half Hour Of Power
| +---2001 - All Killer No Filler
| +---2002 - Does This Look Infected
| +---2004 - Chuck
| +---2007 - Underclass Hero
| \---2011 - Screaming Bloody Murder
+---Supergrass
| +---1995 - I Should Coco
| +---1997 - In It For the Money
| \---1999 - Supergrass
+---Supergroove
| +---1994 - Traction
| \---1996 - Backspacer
+---Switchfoot
| \---2005 - Nothing Is Sound
+---System Of A Down
| \---2001 - Toxicity
+---Tenacious D
| \---2001 - Tenacious D
+---The Ataris
| \---2003 - So Long, Astoria
+---The Beatles
| +---1963 - Please Please Me (Mono)
| +---1963 - With The Beatles (Mono)
| +---1964 - A Hard Day's Night (Mono)
| +---1964 - Beatles For Sale (Mono)
| +---1965 - Help! (Mono)
| +---1965 - Rubber Soul (Mono)
| +---1966 - Revolver (Mono)
| +---1967 - Hey Jude
| +---1967 - Magical Mystery Tour (Mono)
| +---1967 - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Mono)
| +---1968 - The White Album Disc 1 (Mono)
| +---1968 - The White Album Disc 2 (Mono)
| +---1969 - Yellow Submarine
| +---1970 - Let It Be
| +---2000 - One
| +---2003 - Let It Be... Naked
| +---2009 - Mono Masters Disc 1
| \---2009 - Mono Masters Disc 2
+---The Black Crowes
| \---1990 - Shake Your Money Maker
+---The Black Seeds
| +---2001 - Keep On Pushing LP
| \---2008 - Solid Ground
+---The Bloodhound Gang
| +---1996 - One Fierce Beer Coaster
| \---2000 - Hooray For Boobies
+---The Darkness
| \---2003 - Permission To Land
+---The Doobie Brothers
| \---1976 - Best Of The Doobies
+---The Eagles
| \---1994 - Hell Freezes Over
+---The Finn Brothers
| \---2004 - Everyone Is Here
+---The Get Up Kids
| +---1996 - Woodson Ep
| +---1997 - Four Minute Mile
| +---1999 - Red Letter Day Ep
| +---1999 - Something To Write Home About
| \---2001 - Eudora
+---The Killers
| +---2004 - Hot Fuss
| +---2006 - Sam's Town
| \---2008 - Day & Age
+---The Living End
| +---1998 - The Living End
| +---2000 - Roll On
| +---2003 - Modern Artillery
| +---2006 - State Of Emergency
| \---2011 - The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating
+---The Loved Ones
| \---2008 - Build & Burn
+---The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
| \---1997 - Lets Face It
+---The Offspring
| +---1989 - The Offspring
| +---1992 - Ignition
| +---1994 - Smash
| +---1997 - Ixnay On The Hombre
| +---1998 - Americana
| +---2000 - Conspiracy Of One
| +---2003 - Splinter
| +---2008 - Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
| \---2012 - Days Go By
+---The Reverend Horton Heat
| \---1996 - It's Martini Time
+---The Rolling Stones
| +---2002 - Forty Licks Disc 1
| \---2002 - Forty Licks Disc 2
+---The Smashing Pumpkins
| +---1991 - Gish
| +---1993 - Siamese Dream
| +---1994 - Pisces Iscariot
| +---1995 - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk Disc 1
| +---1995 - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Twilight To Starlight Disc 2
| +---1998 - Adore
| +---2000 - Machina - The Machines Of God
| \---2012 - Oceania
+---The Strokes
| +---2001 - Is This It
| +---2003 - Room On Fire
| +---2006 - First Impressions of Earth
| \---2011 - Angles
+---The Vandals
| +---1998 - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
| +---2000 - Look What I Almost Stepped In
| \---2000 - Oi! To The World
+---The Verve
| +---1997 - Urban Hymns
| \---2004 - This Is Music (The Singles 92-98)
+---Thievery Corporation
| \---2006 - Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi
+---Thrice
| +---2001 - Identity Crisis
| +---2002 - The Illusion Of Safety
| +---2003 - The Artist In The Ambulance
| +---2004 - If We Could Only See Us Now
| +---2005 - Vheissu
| +---2006 - Red Sky Ep
| +---2007 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 1 - Fire
| +---2007 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 2 - Water
| +---2008 - Live At The House Of Blues Disc 1
| +---2008 - Live At The House Of Blues Disc 2
| +---2008 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 3 - Air
| +---2008 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 4 - Earth
| +---2009 - Beggars
| \---2011 - Major-Minor
+---Tool
| +---1996 - Aenima
| +---2000 - Salival
| \---2006 - 10,000 Days
+---UB40
| \---1987 - The Best Of UB40 Vol. 1
+---Unwritten Law
| +---1996 - Oz Factor
| +---1998 - Unwritten Law
| +---2002 - Elva
| +---2003 - Music In High Places
| +---2005 - Here's To The Mourning
| +---2008 - Live And Lawless
| \---2011 - Swan
+---Van Morrison
| \---1990 - The Best Of Van Morrison
+---Various Artists
| +---1980 - The Blues Brothers - Music From The Soundtrack
| +---1988 - Good Morning, Vietnam
| +---1994 - Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
| +---1998 - Chef Aid- The South Park Album
| +---1999 - Fat Music Volume III - Physical Fatness
| +---1999 - Fat Music Volume IV - Life in the Fat Lane
| +---2001 - Floyd ...And Out Come The Teeth
| +---2001 - Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack - Disc 1
| +---2001 - Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack - Disc 2
| +---2004 - Rock Against Bush Vol. 1
| +---2004 - Rock Against Bush Vol. 2
| \---2005 - Switcheroo Series
+---Vicious Hairy Mary
| \---1999 - Orchestra Phantasma
+---Weezer
| +---1994 - The Blue Album
| +---1996 - Pinkerton
| +---2001 - The Green Album
| +---2002 - Maladroit
| +---2005 - Make Believe
| \---2008 - Red Album
+---White Zombie
| \---1996 - Supersexy Swingin' Sounds
+---Whitesnake
| \---1994 - Greatest Hits
+---Yellowcard
| +---2003 - Ocean Avenue
| +---2006 - Lights and Sounds
| +---2007 - Paper Walls
| +---2011 - When You're Through Thinking Say Yes
| +---2011 - When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Acoustic)
| \---2012 - Southern Air
\---Zebrahead
+---1998 - Waste Of Mind
\---2000 - Playmate Of The Year
This is 8047 wave files, mainly rock music.
-The Results-
Compression %
Size GB
-Raw Results-
Codec GB Compression
WAV 293.36 100.00%
FLAKE -0 215.40 73.42%
FLAKE r264 -0 214.90 73.25%
FLAC -0 212.42 72.41%
SHORTEN 212.02 72.27%
FLAKE -1 208.37 71.03%
FLAKE r264 -1 208.05 70.92%
FLAKE -2 208.02 70.91%
FLAC -1 207.16 70.62%
FLAKE r264 -2 206.72 70.47%
FLAC -2 206.64 70.44%
FLAC -3 202.06 68.88%
FLAKE r264 -3 202.03 68.87%
WMA 199.99 68.17%
WAVPACK -F 198.78 67.76%
ALAC 197.96 67.48%
FLAKE -6 196.94 67.13%
FLAKE -3 196.59 67.01%
FLAC -4 196.14 66.86%
FLAKE -7 195.93 66.79%
FLAKE -4 195.91 66.78%
FLAKE -5 195.79 66.74%
FLAKE r264 -4 195.79 66.74%
FLAKE r264 -5 195.76 66.73%
FLAKE r264 -6 195.76 66.73%
FLAKE r264 -7 195.74 66.72%
FLAC -5 195.73 66.72%
FLAC -6 195.72 66.72%
FLAKE -8 195.48 66.64%
FLAC -7 195.47 66.63%
FLAKE r264 -8 195.29 66.57%
FLAKE -9 195.25 66.56%
FLAKE -10 195.23 66.55%
WAVPACK 195.20 66.54%
FLAKE r264 -9 195.14 66.52%
FLAKE r264 -10 195.13 66.52%
FLAC -8 195.06 66.49%
FLAKE -11 194.79 66.40%
FLAKE -12 194.76 66.39%
TTA 194.69 66.37%
FLAKE r264 -11 194.46 66.29%
FLAKE r264 -12 194.45 66.28%
MONKEYS AUDIO FAST 193.80 66.06%
WAVPACK -H 193.21 65.86%
TAKC -P1 192.80 65.72%
WAVPACK -HH 192.41 65.59%
WAVPACK -HHX6 191.74 65.36%
OPTIMFROG FAST 191.16 65.16%
TAKC -P2 191.00 65.11%
MONKEYS AUDIO NORMAL 190.67 65.00%
TAKC -P3 190.11 64.81%
MONKEYS AUDIO HIGH 189.98 64.76%
TAKC -P4 189.76 64.68%
TAKC -P4M 189.49 64.59%
OPTIMFROG NORMAL 189.36 64.55%
OPTIMFROG HIGH 188.85 64.37%
MONKEYS AUDIO EXTRA HIGH 188.77 64.35%
OPTIMFROG EXTRA 188.60 64.29%
OPTIMFROG BEST 188.43 64.23%
MONKEYS AUDIO INSANE 188.23 64.16%
LA 187.30 63.85%
OPTIMFROG HIGHNEW 187.10 63.78%
OPTIMFROG EXTRANEW 186.91 63.71%
LA -HIGH 186.73 63.65%
OPTIMFROG BESTNEW 186.46 63.56%
Ok thats it, no more. I managed to get a power cut with the SAC encode so i have axed it from the test. I'll ask a mod to C&P from this post in to the 1st post.
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