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59 <font size="+1"><b>Encode time</b></font>
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62 <font size="+1"><b>Decode time</b></font>
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65 <font size="+1"><b>Compression</b></font>
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73 <font size="+1">Total</font>
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76 <font size="+1">CPU</font>
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79 <font size="+1">Total</font>
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82 <font size="+1">CPU</font>
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85 <font size="+1">Size</font>
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91 <tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>7:32.82</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">7:22.32</td><td>7:15.80</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">7:09.32</td><td>20.77 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">53.12%</td></tr>
92 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>6:32.30</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">6:21.61</td><td>6:49.12</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">6:42.82</td><td>21.22 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">54.27%</td></tr>
93 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>16:52.17</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">16:41.48</td><td>16:54.93</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">16:45.25</td><td>21.24 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">54.33%</td></tr>
94 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>2:55.93</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:44.65</td><td>2:59.07</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:50.82</td><td>21.25 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">54.36%</td></tr>
95 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>1:38.57</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:26.58</td><td>1:41.85</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:32.93</td><td>21.33 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">54.55%</td></tr>
96 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>1:14.99</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:02.51</td><td>1:17.80</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:09.10</td><td>21.36 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">54.64%</td></tr>
97 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>1:26.61</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:16.07</td><td>1:30.36</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:21.44</td><td>21.40 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">54.75%</td></tr>
98 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>3:26.43</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">3:17.09</td><td>0:23.19</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:13.42</td><td>21.49 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">54.96%</td></tr>
99 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>1:15.74</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:05.08</td><td>0:23.06</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:14.16</td><td>21.52 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">55.04%</td></tr>
100 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>0:46.91</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:36.45</td><td>0:49.98</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:41.16</td><td>21.66 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">55.40%</td></tr>
101 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:35.39</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:24.39</td><td>0:20.80</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:12.14</td><td>21.73 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">55.57%</td></tr>
102 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>0:41.22</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:30.24</td><td>0:42.70</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:34.05</td><td>21.76 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">55.65%</td></tr>
103 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>0:53.02</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:40.30</td><td>0:55.09</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:45.66</td><td>21.89 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">55.98%</td></tr>
104 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>1:22.52</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:09.69</td><td>0:33.63</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:23.76</td><td>22.04 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">56.37%</td></tr>
105 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:31.61</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:20.95</td><td>0:34.93</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:26.09</td><td>22.13 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">56.60%</td></tr>
106 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:35.98</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:22.81</td><td>0:29.07</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:18.33</td><td>22.34 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">57.14%</td></tr>
107 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>0:45.15</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:31.71</td><td>0:22.65</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:13.11</td><td>22.96 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">58.74%</td></tr>
108 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:23.45</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:11.80</td><td>0:18.30</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:09.09</td><td>23.06 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">58.97%</td></tr>
109 <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>1:22.33</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:11.76</td><td>0:17.64</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:08.48</td><td>23.19 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">59.31%</td></tr>
110 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:30.38</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:17.38</td><td>0:23.35</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.22</td><td>23.26 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.50%</td></tr>
111 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:31.32</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:20.10</td><td>0:16.76</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:07.22</td><td>23.30 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">59.61%</td></tr>
112 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>2:39.84</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:29.57</td><td>2:09.43</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:00.05</td><td>23.35 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.72%</td></tr>
113 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Apple Lossless (iTunes 4.5)</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">?</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">?</td><td>23.64 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">60.47%</td></tr>
114 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:37.37</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:24.82</td><td>0:19.97</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.54</td><td>23.81 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">60.91%</td></tr>
115 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:28.08</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:14.53</td><td>0:20.82</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.02</td><td>23.93 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">61.21%</td></tr>
116 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:23.76</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:11.00</td><td>0:16.25</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:06.82</td><td>24.04 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">61.48%</td></tr>
117 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>0:38.45</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:26.71</td><td>0:23.33</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:13.67</td><td>24.72 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">63.23%</td></tr>
118 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:20.60</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:08.53</td><td>0:16.83</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.17</td><td>24.78 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">63.40%</td></tr>
119 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:31.14</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:19.24</td><td>0:21.19</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.28</td><td>25.34 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">64.81%</td></tr>
120 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>1:57.73</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>1:57.73</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>39.09 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">100.00%</td></tr>
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