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  60                                         <font size="+1"><b>Encode time</b></font>
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  63                                         <font size="+1"><b>Decode time</b></font>
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  66                                         <font size="+1"><b>Compression</b></font>
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  71                                         <font size="+1"><b>Codec</b></font>
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  74                                         <font size="+1">Total</font>
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  77                                         <font size="+1">CPU</font>
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  80                                         <font size="+1">Total</font>
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  83                                         <font size="+1">CPU</font>
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  86                                         <font size="+1">Size</font>
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  89                                         <font size="+1"><b>Ratio</b></font>
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  92                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>12:28.29</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">12:12.93</td><td>12:02.28</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">11:51.39</td><td>37.42 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">58.24%</td></tr>
  93                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>27:57.06</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">27:40.84</td><td>28:01.29</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">27:46.16</td><td>37.96 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.07%</td></tr>
  94                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>4:50.12</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">4:32.53</td><td>4:57.45</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">4:43.22</td><td>37.99 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">59.13%</td></tr>
  95                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>10:46.55</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">10:32.58</td><td>11:19.54</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">11:08.05</td><td>38.00 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.14%</td></tr>
  96                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>2:22.00</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:05.73</td><td>2:29.80</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:14.75</td><td>38.03 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">59.19%</td></tr>
  97                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>2:40.99</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:22.30</td><td>2:49.18</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:34.00</td><td>38.08 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.27%</td></tr>
  98                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>2:01.34</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:42.41</td><td>2:11.18</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:55.19</td><td>38.15 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">59.37%</td></tr>
  99                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>1:17.69</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:00.22</td><td>1:22.99</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:07.59</td><td>38.21 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.47%</td></tr>
 100                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>5:45.29</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">5:29.36</td><td>0:36.16</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:20.95</td><td>38.24 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">59.51%</td></tr>
 101                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>2:03.19</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:45.49</td><td>0:36.25</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:20.67</td><td>38.28 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.58%</td></tr>
 102                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>1:06.86</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:49.48</td><td>1:13.25</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:58.00</td><td>38.38 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">59.73%</td></tr>
 103                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:58.62</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:40.00</td><td>0:33.28</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:17.75</td><td>38.45 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">59.84%</td></tr>
 104                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>1:23.43</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:04.39</td><td>1:31.90</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:15.63</td><td>38.68 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">60.20%</td></tr>
 105                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>2:15.26</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:55.85</td><td>0:55.54</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:38.18</td><td>38.80 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">60.38%</td></tr>
 106                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:58.09</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:38.42</td><td>0:46.36</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:29.43</td><td>39.01 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">60.72%</td></tr>
 107                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:52.40</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:34.80</td><td>0:57.82</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:42.74</td><td>39.09 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">60.84%</td></tr>
 108                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>1:10.80</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:51.66</td><td>0:38.47</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:22.10</td><td>39.50 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">61.48%</td></tr>
 109                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:37.40</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:19.46</td><td>0:33.33</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:15.85</td><td>39.88 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">62.07%</td></tr>
 110                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:48.40</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:28.64</td><td>0:38.31</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:22.68</td><td>39.92 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">62.12%</td></tr>
 111                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>2:16.29</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:58.23</td><td>0:31.69</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.56</td><td>40.04 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">62.32%</td></tr>
 112                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:50.89</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:33.03</td><td>0:28.20</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:12.60</td><td>40.19 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">62.55%</td></tr>
 113                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:43.92</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:23.94</td><td>0:35.66</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:17.22</td><td>40.47 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">62.98%</td></tr>
 114                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>1:00.67</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:40.17</td><td>0:35.00</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:17.86</td><td>40.47 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">62.98%</td></tr>
 115                 <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>40.75 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">63.42%</td></tr>
 116                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:37.48</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:19.57</td><td>0:30.66</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.18</td><td>40.84 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">63.56%</td></tr>
 117                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>4:25.62</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">4:08.65</td><td>3:37.56</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">3:21.59</td><td>40.98 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">63.78%</td></tr>
 118                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:32.21</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:13.87</td><td>0:27.89</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.42</td><td>42.66 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">66.39%</td></tr>
 119                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>1:02.29</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:43.53</td><td>0:41.48</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:23.51</td><td>43.06 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">67.01%</td></tr>
 120                 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:51.80</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:33.15</td><td>0:34.31</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:17.64</td><td>43.18 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">67.21%</td></tr>
 121                 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>3:32.16</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>3:32.16</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>64.25 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">100.00%</td></tr>
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