Those of u who've been looking into mp3 may want to take a peek at Yamaha's
SoundVQ technology. This is great stuff. The quality is comparable to MP3,
but the file size is half that of MP3, it's about 1/20th compared to MP3's
1/10th. The encoder is free to download, though limited to 90 days after
which u need to get a new one.



Downside : it takes ages to encode. About 20 mins for a 38.7 MB (3:49 mins
long) stereo AIFF file on my 233MHz G3 PowerMac.

Personally I think MP3 file size is still too large for the average internet
user with ye olde 28.8 or 33.6 modem in countries with shall we say,
unfortunate telephone networks.