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<font size="+1"><b>Encode time</b></font>
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<font size="+1"><b>Decode time</b></font>
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<tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>4:39.12</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">4:33.04</td><td>4:29.32</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">4:25.48</td><td>11.94 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">49.22%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>4:04.68</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">3:58.31</td><td>4:15.31</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">4:11.74</td><td>12.05 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">49.68%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>0:54.04</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:47.41</td><td>0:55.76</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:50.81</td><td>12.09 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">49.81%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>0:46.42</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:39.87</td><td>0:14.10</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:08.73</td><td>12.15 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">50.09%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>1:55.69</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:49.71</td><td>0:13.79</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:08.66</td><td>12.15 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">50.09%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>10:35.09</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">10:28.56</td><td>10:36.39</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">10:31.07</td><td>12.17 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">50.15%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>1:49.81</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:42.94</td><td>1:51.85</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:46.89</td><td>12.19 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">50.23%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>0:28.99</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:22.51</td><td>0:30.72</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:25.71</td><td>12.23 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">50.42%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:21.77</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.12</td><td>0:11.85</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.66</td><td>12.25 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">50.47%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>1:00.93</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:53.70</td><td>1:05.58</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:59.06</td><td>12.27 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">50.58%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>0:25.04</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:18.61</td><td>0:26.38</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:21.57</td><td>12.42 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">51.18%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>0:45.86</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:38.63</td><td>0:48.38</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:43.21</td><td>12.43 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">51.21%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:13.73</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:07.03</td><td>0:11.47</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.40</td><td>12.54 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">51.67%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>0:31.36</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:23.99</td><td>0:33.70</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:28.36</td><td>12.63 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">52.07%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>0:51.14</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:43.72</td><td>0:20.37</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:14.61</td><td>12.66 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">52.17%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>1:35.75</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:29.85</td><td>1:17.29</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:12.02</td><td>12.71 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">52.37%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>0:50.66</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:44.24</td><td>0:11.60</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.04</td><td>12.71 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">52.38%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:19.48</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:13.10</td><td>0:22.33</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:16.41</td><td>12.76 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">52.60%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:19.15</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:12.46</td><td>0:09.23</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:04.13</td><td>12.82 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">52.85%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:21.59</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.30</td><td>0:17.34</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:11.64</td><td>12.87 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">53.02%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:13.62</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:07.16</td><td>0:10.11</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:04.73</td><td>12.90 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">53.17%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>0:26.76</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:19.19</td><td>0:13.35</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:08.15</td><td>12.92 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">53.25%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:18.28</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:10.59</td><td>0:14.27</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.17</td><td>12.95 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">53.38%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Apple Lossless (iTunes 4.5)</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">?</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">?</td><td>13.04 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">53.77%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:22.18</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:14.44</td><td>0:11.60</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.52</td><td>13.05 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">53.80%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:16.89</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:09.02</td><td>0:12.62</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:06.96</td><td>13.31 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">54.85%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:18.24</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.63</td><td>0:11.42</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.15</td><td>13.32 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">54.89%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:11.56</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.94</td><td>0:09.74</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.18</td><td>13.32 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">54.92%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>0:22.49</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.87</td><td>0:13.71</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:08.32</td><td>13.42 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">55.31%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>1:07.70</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>1:07.70</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>24.26 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">100.00%</td></tr>
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