on 2/14/07 4:19 PM US/Central, Tom Fine at [log in to unmask]
wrote:

> Absolutely. I find that encoders are even more different. They make different
> sounding and different sized files, at the same bitrate.

Also, joint stereo encoding will produce smaller files, with some compromise
in quality. I think iTunes has joint stereo encoding selected by default.

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