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Comment by JSR_FDED | original | FFmpeg 9.1's new AAC encoder
[−]JSR_FDED · 2026-07-01 Wed 19:19 UTC · link
It’s fascinating so much of this comes down to the developer’s own ears - disturbing and quite cool at the same time how subjective this is
[−]ant6n · 2026-07-01 Wed 23:48 UTC · link
The table and comparison uses “Google's new Zimtohrli, ViSQOL, and my own hearing”
[−]MrBuddyCasino · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:20 UTC · link
In audio, this is usually the case. Musepack was niche-popular for some time as a simple, but very well tuned codec.

Its the same with speakers and headphones. People think its the component quality, but it’s mostly competency in overall audio physics and the ability to tune well.