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The future of Lossless Audio Compression won't bring more than a few percent
compression gain compared to the most recent top compressors mentioned on this page.
Industry standard compressors for lossless audio like Wavpack and Flac are used
on home computers, but also more hardware players offer support for playing them.
Better compression mostly goes hand in hand with format changes which will render audio
compressed with new codec generations simply unplayable by current hardware.
But it's worth it as it was with DIVX support; new codecs are often faster and offer
more stability and compression; also they offer support for new source formats.
All audio files on this page are in lossless Resource Interchange File Format: RIFF WAVE
This format was introduced by Microsoft in 1992 and uses
the Linear Pulse-Code Modulation (Linear PCM)
invented by B.M. Oliver & Claude Elwood Shannon in 1946.
Better compression of lossless digital audio may be achieved by changing from Linear PCM
to newer coding technologies such as Sony's DSD.
Mellow Trax vs. Shaft - Sway (Mucho Mambo) [Extended Club Mix] 2001
WAV [Audio CD Quality]  (16 Bit 44100 Hz Stereo) 435 sec          
■ stream: PCM, 2ch, 16 Bit @ 44.1kHz, 1411.2 kbps   enc in sec dec in sec 76.880.173 100,0000
LA v0.3c (27.10.2002) -no option- Michael Bevin   99,9 92,6 48.958.807 63,68197
LA v0.3 (09.10.2002) -no option- Michael Bevin   109,0 95,0 48.958.807 63,68197
LA v0.4b (08.02.2004) -high Michael Bevin   88,7 82,8 48.971.507 63,69849
LA v0.4 (01.05.2003) -high Michael Bevin   89,5 84,0 48.971.507 63,69849
LA v0.4b (08.02.2004) normal Michael Bevin   62,7 49,0 49.019.300 63,76065
LA v0.2 (07.09.2002) -no option- Michael Bevin   94,6 90,2 49.202.303 63,99869
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) -max. -experimental F. Ghido   1.129,5 209,9 49.206.574 64,00424
STUFFIT 2010 v14.0.0.9 (2009) SITX   57,0   49.225.893 64,02937
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --bestnew -opt. Best Florin Ghido   653,6 147,0 49.229.636 64,03424
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode highnew Florin Ghido   98,9 63,1 49.236.382 64,04302
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode extranew Florin Ghido   117,8 76,8 49.237.746 64,04479
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --maximumcompression F. Ghido   1.107,8 222,5 49.244.517 64,05360
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode bestnew Florin Ghido   207,5 135,9 49.252.077 64,06343
WinRK v3.0.0 β3 (2005) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   161,0 160,0 49.454.734 64,32703
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode extra Florin Ghido   43,9 33,3 49.577.362 64,48654
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode high Florin Ghido   31,8 22,2 49.581.299 64,49166
PAQ8px67 (05.11.09) -7 -worldwide PAQ crew- 4.163,7   49.600.950 64,51722
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode best Florin Ghido   78,1 57,0 49.610.388 64,52950
WinRK v3.1.2 (2008) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   37,0   49.700.230 64,64636
PAQ8p1 (30.09.2008) -7 -worldwide PAQ crew- 3.464,0   49.723.087 64,67609
MMA 0.0a3 (09.08.2008) Christian Martelock   10,3   49.727.662 64,68204
MMA 0.0a2 (08.08.2008) Christian Martelock   10,3   49.742.966 64,70194
Monkey's Audio v4.01 (28.04.06) (insane) Matthew T. Ashland 44,2 44,6 49.783.673 64,75489
NanoZip 0.06α (13.02.09) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   49,3   49.797.132 64,77240
NanoZip 0.01α (14.07.08) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   26,8   49.804.907 64,78251
TAK 2.0.0 beta 1 (18.12.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker   27,6   49.947.669 64,96821
FreeARC 0.61 ultra (2010) Bulat Ziganshin 11,0 11,0 50.060.126 65,11448
TAK 1.1.0 (04.01.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker       50.078.951 65,13897
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HHX6 David Bryant 307,1 4,9 50.128.598 65,20354
WMA LossLess (WindowsMediaAudio) v9.1   12,8 12,0 50.212.932 65,31324
MPEG-4 ALS (24.01.08) (RM20) -7 -a   300,0 16,9 50.270.505 65,38813
WinZip 14.0.8688 (ZIPX) best method   10,0 8,0 50.292.994 65,41738
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX3 David Bryant 26,1 3,6 50.428.028 65,59302
RKAU v1.07 (11.12.2000) Malcolm Taylor   48,9 14,3 50.463.541 65,63921
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX David Bryant 9,4 3,6 50.515.270 65,70650
MPEG-4 ALS (24.01.08) -i -o1023 -t2 -a -b -z3 -p 943,7 impossible 50.534.576 65,73161
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -H David Bryant 8,9 3,6 50.588.132 65,80127
TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik 4,3 4,3 50.603.740 65,82157
SLiM v023 (-m400) Serge Voskoboynikov   436,0 199,5 50.611.542 65,83172
SBC Archiver v0.970 (2004) -m3 -b63 Sami J. Makinen   36,2 28,2 50.648.418 65,87969
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -X David Bryant 5,8 2,8 51.011.068 66,35140
Real Audio Lossless 10.0.0.575 (.ra)   48,0 impossible 51.031.661 66,37818
WinZip v11.0 (optimize best) (18.10.2006)   9,0 7,0 51.045.922 66,39673
FLAC 1.2.1 (17.09.07) Josh Coalson -8 -b 4096 14,8 5,0 51.054.147 66,40743
Squeez v5.61 (2008) SQX2 ultra 32 MB auto   12,0 4,0 51.167.403 66,55474
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) no option David Bryant 3,4 3,6 51.176.980 66,56720
LPAC Archiver v1.41 (01.10.2002) Extra High + JointStereo   17,0 9,0 51.260.242 66,67550
APPLE iTunes v7.6.1.9 (19.02.2008) (Lossless)   7,0 impossible 51.419.072 66,88210
WavArc v1.1 (01.08.1997) -c5 (5ELP) Dennis Lee   166,3 14,1 51.433.877 66,90135
AudioZIP v3 (31.10.2000) Daniel Cheong & Desmond Ang   116,0 78,0 51.907.551 67,51747
Bonk v1.0.7 (2001-26.02.2008) -32 Robert Kausch 56,0 28,0 52.513.666 68,30586
OSQ Steinberg Wavelab 6 Ess. Original Sound Quality   16,8 8,0 53.079.372 69,04169
KrishnaSoft Sound Process.Soft. v1 (06.06.00)   337,0   53.461.992 69,53938
SONARC v2.1i (27.06.1994) -F4096 -O0 -S2 -X   5.596,0   53.600.231 69,71919
UHARC v0.6b (PPM, 32MB dict., Multimedia ) U. Herklotz   346,5 302,6 53.758.262 69,92474
MUSIcompress v3.0 (07.12.2001) Al Wegener   3,0 2,0 54.788.392 71,26466
CCMx 1.30a (08.01.2008) (c 7)  Christian Martelock   108,7 105,7 55.128.503 71,70705
DGCA 1.00 - 1.10e (2004-2006) Shin-ichi Tsuruta   33,2 19,5 55.505.104 72,19690
Shorten v3.51 - 3.61 (14.02.2003) Tony Robinson   4,0 2,0 55.777.477 72,55119
WinAce v2.69 Final (4096 KB dict + Delta) Marcel Lemke   74,0 20,0 55.998.390 72,83853
WinRar v3.71 (4096 KB dictionary + Delta) Eugene Roshal   27,0 5,0 57.012.340 74,15740
7-Zip 9.1.0 (0=delta:4 1=lzma:lp1:d96:fb273) Igor Pavlov   50,0 5,0 57.678.750 75,02422
CTXF v0.75 Pre-b1 (2003) Nikita Lesnikov -me -b   42,0 impossible 57.326.520 74,56607
Charlie v1.32 (23.11.2000) - v1.4 (01.06.2004) Aleksi Eeben   2,0 3,0 58.003.829 75,44706
VOCPACK v2.0 (01.09.1993) (-2 -6) Nicola Ferioli   17,9 impossible 58.216.359 75,72350
DAKX Wav 32 v1.0 (13.12.1999) D. A. Kopf   8,0 3,0 58.532.446 76,13464
BMA 1.31 (2005) -m16m -mx -a -d3 Alexander Cherenkov   69,2 38,0 58.719.275 76,37766
.LG ARHANGEL v1.40 (2000) -mm -mf (force IMC) George Lyapko   480,2   58.874.768 76,57991
Distance Coder 0.98β -b16383 (12.04.'00) Edgar Binder   37,8 38,9 59.127.658 76,90885
Litewave v1.0.011 (25.04.2002) ClearJump   9,0 3,0 59.777.563 77,75420
Onda Lossless Audio v2.2 (07.01.2008) JAVA 9,2   59.885.776 77,89495
ZZIP v0.36 (2002) Damien Debin   52,2 36,0 60.053.548 78,11318
MIO COMPRESS v1.0 (23.10.2003) Leshade Entis   24,0 18,0 60.274.388 78,40043
ADA v1.0 (1999) Advanced Digital Audio 1999   21,5   61.478.726 79,96695
mkw Audio Compression Tool v0.97 Michael K. Weise   5,0 4,0 61.740.780 80,30781
Ultra Compressor II r3 Pro (1995) (AIP-NL) Nico de Vries   367,0   67.026.556 87,18315
7-Zip v4.58 α2 (LZMA 64 MB ultra,fb=273, mf=bt4) Igor Pavlov 41,0 6,0 68.816.617 89,51153
WinBZip v2 (900k Blocks)   33,0 26,0 72.250.529 93,97810
BioArchiver 1.9 hyper, mmedia (07.10.'01) Merlin+ Ltd   170,0 49,0 72.262.025 93,99306
MultitrackStudio Lite v4.3.1.0  (12.'07) .GJS Bremmers Audio Design   4,0 2,0 72.571.876 94,39609
VOCPACK v1.0 (02.03.1993) Nicola Ferioli   856,7 impossible 79.221.723 103,04571
a-Pac v1.0 (09.02.1998)   - - not supported #WERT!
LossLessCode v1.1.1 (11.04.2002) Mode=Slow Artyom Slukin   - -   0,00000
SONY Perfect Clarity Audio PCA (SoundForge)   - -   0,00000
Laurel & Hardy - Way Out West 1937
WAV [Old Movie Format] (16 Bit 44100 Hz Mono) 126 sec          
■ stream: PCM, 1ch,16 Bit @ 44.1kHz, 656.0 kbps   enc in sec dec in sec 10.361.092 100,00000
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) -max. -experimental F. Ghido   140,1 22,8 3.681.954 35,53635
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --maximumcompression F. Ghido   137,7 22,1 3.682.764 35,54417
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --bestnew -opt. Best F. Ghido   74,2 14,6 3.682.880 35,54529
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode bestnew Florin Ghido   23,9 14,6 3.686.264 35,57795
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode extranew Florin Ghido   13,5 8,6 3.698.549 35,69652
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode highnew Florin Ghido   10,2 6,9 3.703.803 35,74723
MPEG-4 ALS (24.01.08) -i -o1023 -t2 -a -b -z3 -p 110,3 109,6 3.704.778 35,75664
WinRK v3.0.3 beta (2005) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   15,0 14,9 3.731.675 36,01623
LA v0.3 (09.10.2002) Michael Bevin   10,5 9,8 3.772.971 36,41480
STUFFIT 2010 v14.0.0.9 (2009) SITX   6,0   3.792.784 36,60603
LA v0.4b (08.02.2004) -high Michael Bevin   10,5 8,8 3.793.783 36,61567
LA v0.4 (01.05.2003) -high Michael Bevin   10,5 8,8 3.793.783 36,61567
Monkey's Audio v4.01 (28.04.06) (insane) Matthew T. Ashland 5,6 5,8 3.798.752 36,66363
TAK 2.0.0 beta 1 (18.12.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker   3,0   3.809.245 36,76490
TAK 1.1.0 (04.01.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker       3.809.718 36,76946
WinRK v3.1.2 (2008) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   11,0   3.812.881 36,79999
LA v0.2 (07.09.2002) Michael Bevin   8,6 8,4 3.826.905 36,93534
PAQ8px67 (05.11.09) -7 -worldwide PAQ crew- 540,2   3.852.578 37,18313
PAQ8p1 (30.09.2008) -7 -worldwide PAQ crew- 441,5   3.864.051 37,29386
FreeARC 0.61 ultra (2010) Bulat Ziganshin 1,0 1,0 3.873.126 37,38145
MMA 0.0a3 (09.08.2008) Christian Martelock   1,2   3.886.511 37,51063
MMA 0.0a2 (08.08.2008) Christian Martelock   1,1   3.886.511 37,51063
LPAC Archiver v1.41 (01.10.2002) Tilman Liebchen   11,0 3,0 3.909.834 37,73573
AudioZIP v3 (31.10.2000) Daniel Cheong & Desmond Ang   11,0 4,0 3.945.796 38,08282
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HHX6 David Bryant 44,6 1,0 3.966.336 38,28106
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX3 David Bryant 4,6 0,7 4.009.494 38,69760
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX David Bryant 1,4 0,8 4.016.342 38,76369
WinZip 14.0.8688 (ZIPX) best method   1,0 1,0 4.076.320 39,34257
WinZip v11.0 (optimize best) (18.10.2006)   2,0 1,0 4.076.434 39,34367
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -H David Bryant 0,7 0,5 4.085.706 39,43316
TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik 0,5 0,5 4.101.392 39,58455
SLiM v023 (-m400) Serge Voskoboynikov   33,0 17,8 4.122.894 39,79208
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -X David Bryant 0,9 0,5 4.126.248 39,82445
WavArc v1.1 (01.08.1997) -c5 (5ELP) Dennis Lee   10,7 1,8 4.141.264 39,96938
NanoZip 0.01α (14.07.08) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   2,5   4.252.102 41,03913
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) no option David Bryant 0,5 0,6 4.259.310 41,10870
SBC Archiver v0.970 (2004) -m3 -b63 Sami J. Makinen   3,1 3,0 4.271.730 41,22857
FLAC 1.2.1 (17.09.07) Josh Coalson -8 -b 4096 1,8 0,4 4.283.261 41,33986
RKAU v1.07 (11.12.2000) Malcolm Taylor   7,6 2,1 4.319.281 41,68751
LTAC (1998) Tilman Liebchen   12,0 7,0 4.369.815 42,17524
NanoZip 0.06α (13.02.09) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   4,7   4.380.523 42,27858
SONARC v2.1i (27.06.1994) -X   0,0   4.402.108 42,48691
Litewave v1.0.011 (25.04.2002) ClearJump   0,9 0,9 4.402.108 42,48691
APPLE iTunes v7.6.1.9 (19.02.2008) (Lossless)   1,0 impossible 4.498.035 43,41275
Squeez v5.61 (2008) SQX2 ultra 32 MB auto   3,0 1,0 4.609.068 44,48438
KrishnaSoft Sound Process.Soft. v1 (06.06.00)   0,0   5.160.086 49,80253
Bonk v1.0.7 (2001-26.02.2008) -32 Robert Kausch 14,0 19,0 5.222.024 50,40032
OSQ Steinberg Wavelab 6 Ess. Original Sound Quality   2,5 2,5 5.597.564 54,02485
Shorten v3.51 - 3.61 (14.02.2003) Tony Robinson   0,6 0,6 5.660.769 54,63487
CCMx 1.30a (08.01.2008) (c 7)  Christian Martelock   13,5 13,2 5.924.122 57,17662
MUSIcompress v3.0 (07.12.2001) Al Wegener   1,0 1,0 5.957.976 57,50336
UHARC v0.6b (PPM, 32MB dict., Multimedia ) Uwe Herklotz   101,9 92,8 6.057.484 58,46376
a-Pac v1.0 (09.02.1998)   0,0   6.114.897 59,01788
WinAce v2.69 Final (4096 KB dict + Delta) Marcel Lemke   9,0 2,0 6.177.836 59,62534
CTXF v0.75 Pre-b1 (2003) Nikita Lesnikov -me -b   4,9 impossible 6.202.618 59,86452
DGCA 1.00 - 1.10e (2004-2006) Shin-ichi Tsuruta   5,0 2,3 6.259.712 60,41556
DAKX Wav 32 v1.0 (13.12.1999) D. A. Kopf   1,0 1,0 6.270.933 60,52386
WinRar v3.71 (4096 KB dictionary + Delta) Eugene Roshal   2,0 1,0 6.288.758 60,69590
MIO COMPRESS v1.0 (23.10.2003) Leshade Entis   2,0 2,0 6.386.024 61,63466
BMA 1.31 (2005) -m16m -mx -a -d3 Alexander Cherenkov   9,5 5,2 6.403.291 61,80131
ZZIP v0.36 (2002) -mm Damien Debin   6,1 5,4 6.455.422 62,30446
Onda Lossless Audio v2.2 (07.01.2008) JAVA 0,0   6.508.470 62,81645
ADA v1.0 (1999) Advanced Digital Audio 1999   0,0   6.588.018 63,58421
VOCPACK v2.0 (01.09.1993) Nicola Ferioli   0,0   6.600.235 63,70212
WMA LossLess (WindowsMediaAudio) v9   3,0 2,0 6.625.664 63,94755
7-Zip 9.1.0 (0=delta:2 1=lzma:lp1:d96:fb273) Igor Pavlov   4,0 1,0 6.878.535 66,38813
Charlie v1.32 (23.11.2000) - v1.4 (01.06.2004) Aleksi Eeben   1,0 2,0 7.378.005 71,20876
7-Zip v4.58 α2 (LZMA 64 MB ultra,fb=273, mf=bt4) Igor Pavlov 3,0 1,0 7.518.141 72,56128
WinBZip v2 (900k Blocks)   8,0 5,0 7.615.045 73,49655
MultitrackStudio Lite v4.3.1.0  (12.'07) .GJS Bremmers Audio Design   1,0 1,0 7.715.373 74,46486
.LG ARHANGEL v1.40 (2000) -mm -mf (force IMC) George Lyapko   0,0   8.054.633 77,73923
Ultra Compressor II r3 Pro (1995) (AIP-NL) Nico de Vries   0,0   8.325.430 80,35282
WinZip 11.1 (2007) legacy 2.0 deflate   1,0 0,2 9.105.808 87,88464
VOCPACK v1.0 (02.03.1993) Nicola Ferioli   2,3 impossible 9.521.887 91,90042
Fraunhofer's HD-AAC (new lossless format)   - - comes soon  
mkw Audio Compression Tool v0.97 Michael K. Weise   - - impossible #WERT!
LossLessCode v1.1.1 (11.04.2002) Mode=Slow Artyom Slukin   - - reinstall #WERT!
http://www.diatonis.com [Diatonis - Structure Of Ambient Life] 2003
WAV Extensible [Dolby Surround 5.0] (24 Bit) 347 sec          
■ stream: PCM, 5.0ch, 24 Bit @ 44.1kHz, 5292.0 kbps   enc in sec dec in sec 230.033.468 100,00000
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HHX6 David Bryant 707,2 15,7 105.829.702 46,00622
STUFFIT 2010 v14.0.0.9 (2009) SITX   173,0   106.895.880 46,46971
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX3 David Bryant 70,1 8,8 107.752.162 46,84195
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX David Bryant 20,3 8,7 107.931.066 46,91972
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -X David Bryant 13,4 6,5 108.454.108 47,14710
FLAC 1.2.1 (17.09.07) Josh Coalson -8 -b 4096 26,0 5,4 111.639.552 48,53187
FreeARC 0.61 ultra (2010) Bulat Ziganshin 27,0 27,0 112.689.696 48,98839
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -H David Bryant 10,3 6,8 112.732.162 49,00685
WinZip 14.0.8688 (ZIPX) best method   19,0 17,0 112.837.158 49,05250
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) no option David Bryant 7,7 6,6 113.039.484 49,14045
TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik 8,1 9,8 114.034.385 49,57295
WinZip v11.0 (optimize best) (18.10.2006)   20,0 17,0 115.923.612 50,39424
Standard       122.498.146 53,25231
NanoZip 0.06α (13.02.09) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   748,6   137.613.378 59,82320
DGCA 1.00 - 1.10e (2004-2006) Shin-ichi Tsuruta   96,7 30,6 138.144.752 60,05420
Distance Coder 0.98β -b16383 (12.04.'00) Edgar Binder   759,2 104,1 149.682.153 65,06973
CCMx 1.30a (08.01.2008) (c 7)  Christian Martelock   336,2 329,8 151.531.920 65,87386
WinRar v3.71 (4096 KB dictionary + Delta) Eugene Roshal   158,0 7,0 156.782.223 68,15627
NanoZip 0.01α (14.07.08) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   748,2   157.888.127 68,63702
WinAce v2.69 Final (4096 KB dict + Delta) Marcel Lemke   549,0 29,0 159.013.442 69,12622
SBC Archiver v0.970 (2004) -m3 -b63 Sami J. Makinen   381,5 147,6 169.200.461 73,55471
CTXF v0.75 Pre-b1 (2003) Nikita Lesnikov -me -b   400,9 impossible 172.244.481 74,87801
7-Zip 9.1.0 (0=delta:15 1=lzma:lp1:d96:fb273) Igor Pavlov   252,0   177.436.350 77,13501
Squeez v5.61 (2008) SQX2 ultra 32 MB auto   810,0 97,0 200.149.945 87,00905
7-Zip v4.58 α2 (LZMA 64 MB ultra,fb=273, mf=bt4) Igor Pavlov 153,0 19,0 201.941.490 87,78787
WinRK v3.1.2 (2008) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   973,0   201.944.406 87,78914
WinRK v3.0.3 beta (2005) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   1.940,0 213,0 202.213.228 87,90600
UHARC v0.6b (PPM, 32MB dict., Multimedia ) Uwe Herklotz   874,6 998,4 204.935.859 89,08958
BMA 1.31 (2005) -m16m -mx -a -d3 Alexander Cherenkov   218,8 44,1 205.028.705 89,12995
WinBZip v2 (900k Blocks)   94,0 88,0 208.676.707 90,71580
WinZip 11.1 (2007) legacy 2.0 deflate   56,0 5,0 212.545.712 92,39773
Ultra Compressor II r3 Pro (1995) (AIP-NL) -TT Nico de Vries   234,0   213.610.922 92,86080
AudioZIP v3 (31.10.2000) Daniel Cheong & Desmond Ang   377,0 233,8 226.037.550 98,26290
Charlie v1.32 (23.11.2000) - v1.4 (01.06.2004) Aleksi Eeben   14,0   233.398.953 101,46304
APPLE iTunes v7.6.1.9 (19.02.2008) (Lossless)   - - not supported  
Bonk v1.0.7 (2001-26.02.2008) -32 Robert Kausch - - not supported  
DAKX Wav 32 v1.0 (13.12.1999) D. A. Kopf   - - corrupted  
KrishnaSoft Sound Process.Soft. v1 (06.06.00)   - - not supported  
LA v0.4b (08.02.2004) -high Michael Bevin   - - not supported  
Litewave v1.0.011 (25.04.2002) ClearJump   - - not supported  
LossLessCode v1.1.1 (11.04.2002) Mode=Slow Artyom Slukin   - - not supported  
LPAC Archiver v1.41 (01.10.2002) Tilman Liebchen   - - not supported  
MIO COMPRESS v1.0 (23.10.2003) Leshade Entis   - - not supported  
MMA 0.0a2 (08.08.2008) Christian Martelock   -   not supported  
Monkey's Audio v4.01 (28.04.06) (insane) Matthew T. Ashland - - not supported #WERT!
MPEG-4 ALS (24.01.08) -i -o1023 -t2 -a -b -z3 -p - - not supported #WERT!
MPEG-4 ALS (RM16) (08.11.2005) -7 -a       - - not supported #WERT!
MPEG-4 ALS (RM18) (19.09.2006) -7 -a       - - not supported #WERT!
MultitrackStudio Lite v4.3.1.0  (12.'07) .GJS Bremmers Audio Design   - - not supported #WERT!
MUSIcompress v3.0 (07.12.2001) Al Wegener   - - not supported #WERT!
Onda Lossless Audio v2.2 (07.01.2008) JAVA - - not supported #WERT!
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --bestnew -opt. Best F. Ghido   - - not supported #WERT!
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) -max. -experimental F. Ghido   - - not supported #WERT!
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --maximumcompression F. Ghido   - - not supported  
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode extranew Florin Ghido   - - not supported #WERT!
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode highnew Florin Ghido   - - not supported #WERT!
OSQ Steinberg Wavelab 6 Ess. Original Sound Quality   - - not supported #WERT!
Real Audio Lossless 10.0.0.575 (.ra)   - - no Trial #WERT!
RKAU v1.07 (11.12.2000) Malcolm Taylor   - - not supported #WERT!
Shorten v3.51 - 3.61 (14.02.2003) Tony Robinson   - - not supported #WERT!
SONARC v2.1i (27.06.1994) -F4096 -O0 -S2 -X   - - not supported  
SONY Perfect Clarity Audio PCA (SoundForge)   - - not supported #WERT!
StuffIt Deluxe v9.0.1.27 for Win (Best Binary)   - - corrupted #WERT!
TAK 2.0.0 beta 1 (18.12.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker   - - not supported  
TTA v1.5 (25.12.2003) Alexander Djourik - - not supported #WERT!
VOCPACK v2.0 (01.09.1993) Nicola Ferioli   - - not supported #WERT!
WavArc v1.1 (01.08.1997) Dennis Lee   - - not supported #WERT!
WMA LossLess (WindowsMediaAudio) v9   - - not supported #WERT!
ZZIP v0.36 (2002) -mm Damien Debin   - - freezes #WERT!
           
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Phantastique, Op.14 (March To The Scafford)          
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OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --bestnew -opt. Best F. Ghido   1.755,3 405,3 103.652.744 33,26450
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode bestnew Florin Ghido   568,5 426,5 103.770.639 33,30234
OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode extranew Florin Ghido   319,6 235,8 103.966.271 33,36512
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TAK 2.0.0 beta 1 (18.12.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker   49,6 - 104.946.330 33,67965
STUFFIT 2010 v14.0.0.9 (2009) SITX   143,0   105.143.513 33,74293
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HHX6 David Bryant 1.226,0 15,5 106.836.834 34,28635
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FreeARC 0.61 ultra (2010) Bulat Ziganshin 19,0 19,0 110.320.145 35,40422
TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik 13,9 13,7 112.602.160 36,13657
TTA v1.5 (25.12.2003) Alexander Djourik 92,8 92,9 113.722.136 36,49600
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NanoZip 0.06α (13.02.09) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   198,3   117.988.223 37,86508
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FLAC 1.2.1 (17.09.07) Josh Coalson -8 -b 4096 59,8 11,4 121.956.789 39,13869
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WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX David Bryant 34,3 12,9 127.650.010 40,96577
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -X David Bryant 30,7 12,2 129.160.620 41,45056
WinZip 14.0.8688 (ZIPX) best method   29,0 22,0 139.364.780 44,72530
WinZip v11.0 (optimize best) (18.10.2006)   26,0 21,0 139.364.926 44,72535
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) no option David Bryant 25,2 9,4 140.033.032 44,93976
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -H David Bryant 28,0 14,6 140.053.752 44,94641
CCMx 1.30a (08.01.2008) (c 7)  Christian Martelock   365,4 365,9 146.330.296 46,96069
APPLE iTunes v7.6.1.9 (19.02.2008) (Lossless)   18,0 impossible 147.337.563 47,28395
DGCA 1.00 - 1.10e (2004-2006) Shin-ichi Tsuruta   149,5 53,8 150.082.448 48,16484
Onda Lossless Audio v2.2 (07.01.2008) JAVA 30,4   152.364.455 48,89719
CTXF v0.75 Pre-b1 (2003) Nikita Lesnikov -me -b   432,1 impossible 168.741.451 54,15294
Distance Coder 0.98β -b16383 (12.04.'00) Edgar Binder   182,0 123,5 169.232.652 54,31058
WinAce v2.69 Final (4096 KB dict + Delta) Marcel Lemke   589,0 31,0 173.919.078 55,81456
7-Zip 9.1.0 (0=delta:6 1=lzma:lp1:d96:fb273) Igor Pavlov   441,0   197.924.549 63,51845
SBC Archiver v0.970 (2004) -m3 -b63 Sami J. Makinen   520,4 180,8 198.833.049 63,81001
7-Zip v4.58 α2 (LZMA 64 MB ultra,fb=273, mf=bt4) Igor Pavlov 233,0 27,0 245.140.544 78,67113
Squeez v5.60 (2007) SQX2 ultra 32 MB auto   1.094,0 131,0 246.319.865 79,04960
WinRK v3.0.3 beta (2005) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   1.207,0 292,0 253.560.184 81,37319
WinRK v3.1.2 (2008) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor       254.454.381 81,66015
BMA 1.31 (2005) -m16m -mx -a -d3 Alexander Cherenkov   279,5 157,3 274.693.661 88,15540
WinBZip v2 (900k Blocks)   383,0 85,0 275.296.115 88,34874
UHARC v0.6b (PPM, 32MB dict., Multimedia) Uwe Herklotz   1.428,0 1.313,0 277.600.083 89,08813
WinRar v3.71 (4096 KB dictionary + Delta) Eugene Roshal   293,0 9,0 277.903.645 89,18555
WinZip 11.1 (2007) legacy 2.0 deflate   39,0 7,0 285.920.648 91,75839
Ultra Compressor II r3 Pro (1995) (AIP-NL) Nico de Vries   654,0   287.408.900 92,23600
.LG ARHANGEL v1.40 (2000) -mm -mf (force IMC) George Lyapko   2.560,9   295.573.698 94,85627
AudioZIP v3 (31.10.2000) Daniel Cheong & Desmond Ang   515,0 89,0 300.962.520 96,58566
VOCPACK v1.0 (02.03.1993) Nicola Ferioli   3.820,0 impossible 313.376.884 100,56971
Charlie v1.32 (23.11.2000) - v1.4 (01.06.2004) Aleksi Eeben   10,0 23,0 315.856.129 101,36536
MUSIcompress v3.0 (07.12.2001) Al Wegener   30,0 14,0 316.614.116 101,60862
Real Audio Lossless 10.0.0.575 (.ra)   - - no Trial #WERT!
MMA 0.0a2 (08.08.2008) Christian Martelock       not supported #WERT!
WMA v9.1 LOSSLESS   - - not supported  
MPEG-4 ALS (24.01.08) -i -o1023 -t2 -a -b -z3 -p - - not supported  
OSQ Steinberg Wavelab 6 Ess. Original Sound Quality   - - not supported #WERT!
           
Best Love Classics Vol. 4 (1989)    
Audio CD Image (.NRG) (14 Tracks, 77:13.65)       with ISCR, not RAW!
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OptimFrog v4.600ex (26.06.'06) --mode highnew Florin Ghido   976,2 651,7 345.221.555 42,23333
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NanoZip 0.01α (14.07.08) Sami Runsas (CM:1 GB)   471,0   353.301.416 43,22179
MMA 0.0a3 (09.08.2008) Christian Martelock   94,8   358.520.839 43,86032
MMA 0.0a2 (08.08.2008) Christian Martelock   86,5   358.581.291 43,86772
SBC Archiver v0.970 (2004) -m3 -b63 Sami J. Makinen   457,1 307,7 358.635.162 43,87431
WMA v9 Lossless (ECCDDAX v11.2 + Cue)   162,0 127,0 366.061.520 44,78282
WAVPACK v4.4 -best mode (ECDDAX v11.2 + Cue) David Bryant   160,0 91,0 367.241.011 44,92712
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TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik 63,0 63,0 370.583.556 45,33604
LTAC (1998) Tilman Liebchen   519,0 error 373.518.302 45,69506
Squeez v5.60 (2006) SQX2 ultra 32 MB force WAV   130,0 43,0 378.883.745 46,35146
CCMx 1.30a (08.01.2008) (c 7)  Christian Martelock   930,9 892,6 419.153.538 51,27794
UHARC v0.6b (PPM, 32MB dict., Multimedia) Uwe Herklotz   3.904,1 3.131,0 437.911.633 53,57274
DGCA 1.00 - 1.10e (2004-2006) Shin-ichi Tsuruta   469,3 212,4 439.124.384 53,72111
WinUDA v0290 Classic (Mode -3) Dwing   19.802,0 19.803,0 439.384.532 53,75293
CTXF v0.75 Pre-b1 (2003) Nikita Lesnikov -me -b   369,2 impossible 448.085.090 54,81733
WinRar v3.71 (4096 KB dictionary + Delta) Eugene Roshal   202,0 62,0 483.067.632 59,09699
FreeARC 0.61 ultra (2010) Bulat Ziganshin 1.555,0 1.555,0 490.162.516 59,96495
Charlie v1.32 (23.11.2000) - v1.4 (01.06.2004) Aleksi Eeben   41,0 32,0 491.295.181 60,10352
7-Zip 9.1.0 (0=delta:4 1=lzma:lp1:d96:fb273) Igor Pavlov   1.029,0 51,0 492.254.437 60,22087
WinAce v2.69 Final (4096 KB dict + Delta) Marcel Lemke   1.847,0 94,0 570.898.378 69,84193
WinRK v3.1.2 (2008) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   3.737,0   581.727.364 71,16671
7-Zip v4.58 (LZMA 64 MB ultra,fb=273, mf=bt4 lc=4) Igor Pavlov 656,0 75,0 594.733.882 72,75789
WinZip 14.0.8688 (ZIPX) best method   998,0   600.653.287 73,48205
WinRK v3.0.3 beta (2005) best asymmetric Malcolm Taylor   3.197,0 617,0 608.364.137 74,42537
WinZip 11.1 (2007) optimize best   872,0 149,0 613.872.878 75,09929
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WinBZip v2 (900k Blocks)   383,0 307,0 626.501.504 76,64424
APPLE iTunes v7.6.1.9 (19.02.2008) (Lossless)   - - not supported #WERT!
AudioZIP v3 (31.10.2000) Daniel Cheong & Desmond Ang   - - not supported #WERT!
Bonk v1.0.7 (2001-26.02.2008) -32 Robert Kausch - - not supported #WERT!
FLAC 1.2.0 (23.07.07) Josh Coalson -8 -b 4096 - - impossible  
MPEG-4 ALS (RM18) (19.09.2006) -7 -a       - - not supported #WERT!
Onda Lossless Audio v2.2 (07.01.2008) JAVA - - not supported #WERT!
OSQ Steinberg Wavelab 6 Ess. Original Sound Quality   - - not supported  
TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik - - not supported  
TTA v3.3 (17.05.2005) Alexander Djourik - - not supported  
* This image does not affect copyright laws as this CD is from October
of 1989 and contains old classical tunes only. I am not nor will I ever
be a person that wants to hurt or ignore copyright laws. This image
was taken only for means of compression benchmarking.
Bruce Kaphan - The Romance of Flying
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FLAC 1.2.1 (17.09.07) Josh Coalson -8 -b 4096 29,0 6,8 103.774.163 40,53779
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WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -HX David Bryant 16,4 14,9 105.807.616 41,33212
WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -X David Bryant 11,7 12,2 106.549.316 41,62186
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WAVPACK v4.60α (06.01.'09) -H David Bryant 9,4 16,0 114.312.612 44,65447
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TTA TrueAudio 3.4.1 (27.07.'07) Alexander Djourik 8,7 11,4 115.749.125 45,21562
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STUFFIT 2010 v14.0.0.9 (2009) SITX   592,0   207.015.626 80,86748
CTXF v0.75 Pre-b1 (2003) Nikita Lesnikov -me -b   274,6 impossible 215.680.979 84,25247
BMA 1.31 (2005) -m16m -mx -a -d3 Alexander Cherenkov   235,6 28,6 233.926.185 91,37968
APPLE iTunes v7.6.1.9 (19.02.2008) (Lossless)   -   not supported #WERT!
Bonk Encoder v1.0 Beta 2 (22.02.2004) Robert Kausch -   not supported #WERT!
DAKX Wav 32 v1.0 (13.12.1999) D. A. Kopf -   corrupted #WERT!
KrishnaSoft Sound Process.Soft. v1 (06.06.00)   -   not supported #WERT!
LA v0.4b (08.02.2004) Michael Bevin   -   not supported  
Litewave v1.0.011 (25.04.2002) ClearJump   -   not supported  
LossLessCode v1.1.1 (11.04.2002) Mode=Slow Artyom Slukin   -   not supported #WERT!
LPAC Archiver v1.41 (01.10.2002) Tilman Liebchen   -   not supported #WERT!
MIO COMPRESS v1.0 (23.10.2003) Leshade Entis   -   not supported #WERT!
MMA 0.0a2 (08.08.2008) Christian Martelock   -   not supported #WERT!
Monkey's Audio v4.01 (28.04.06) (insane) Matthew T. Ashland -   not supported #WERT!
MPEG-4 ALS (24.01.08) -i -o1023 -t2 -a -b -z3 -p -   not supported #WERT!
MPEG-4 ALS (RM16) (08.11.2005) -7 -a       -   not supported #WERT!
MPEG-4 ALS (RM18) (19.09.2006) -7 -a       -   not supported #WERT!
MultitrackStudio Lite v4.3.1.0  (12.'07) .GJS Bremmers Audio Design   -   not supported #WERT!
MUSIcompress v3.0 (07.12.2001) Al Wegener   -   not supported #WERT!
RKAU v1.07 (11.12.2000) Malcolm Taylor   -   not supported #WERT!
Shorten v3.51 (14.02.2003) (Nero Plugin) Toni Robinson   -   not supported #WERT!
SONY Perfect Clarity Audio PCA (SoundForge)   -   not supported  
StuffIt Deluxe v9.0.1.27 for Win (Best Binary)   -   corrupted #WERT!
TAK 0.14a - 1.0 Beta 1 (28.10.2006) -extra + max Th. Becker   -   not supported #WERT!
TAK 2.0.0 beta 1 (18.12.2009) -p4m Thomas Becker   -   not supported #WERT!
TTA v3.3 (17.05.2005) Alexander Djourik -   not supported #WERT!
VOCPACK v1.0 (02.03.1993) Nicola Ferioli   -   not supported  
VOCPACK v2.0 (01.09.1993) Nicola Ferioli   -   not supported #WERT!
WMA LossLess (WindowsMediaAudio) v9   -   not supported #WERT!
ZZIP v0.36 (2002) -mm Damien Debin   -   freezes #WERT!