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<tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>6:34.38</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">6:24.87</td><td>6:21.26</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">6:14.53</td><td>22.69 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">67.98%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>5:40.58</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">5:30.73</td><td>5:55.61</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">5:49.30</td><td>22.83 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">68.39%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>1:16.32</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:05.83</td><td>1:18.27</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:09.92</td><td>22.85 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">68.47%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>14:35.39</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">14:25.98</td><td>14:37.38</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">14:28.89</td><td>22.95 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">68.77%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>2:32.72</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:22.24</td><td>2:35.63</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:27.74</td><td>23.01 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">68.94%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>2:45.87</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:36.91</td><td>0:19.63</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:11.17</td><td>23.04 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">69.04%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>1:03.10</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:53.22</td><td>0:22.92</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.78</td><td>23.06 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">69.08%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>0:41.33</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:31.84</td><td>0:43.87</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:35.66</td><td>23.18 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">69.45%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>1:26.09</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:14.65</td><td>1:29.33</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:20.87</td><td>23.21 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">69.54%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>0:35.68</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:26.31</td><td>0:39.15</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:30.77</td><td>23.24 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">69.63%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:31.43</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:21.18</td><td>0:18.74</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.92</td><td>23.24 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">69.64%</td></tr>
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<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>1:11.61</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:00.90</td><td>0:28.81</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:19.66</td><td>23.38 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">70.06%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:21.43</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.21</td><td>0:17.25</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.97</td><td>23.49 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">70.37%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>1:12.78</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:03.11</td><td>0:16.26</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:07.23</td><td>23.72 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">71.06%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:31.88</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:20.25</td><td>0:26.68</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:16.69</td><td>23.83 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">71.41%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>0:38.92</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:27.33</td><td>0:20.46</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.83</td><td>23.91 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">71.63%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>0:44.75</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:33.75</td><td>0:48.79</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:40.11</td><td>23.95 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">71.76%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:28.41</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:17.73</td><td>0:16.00</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:06.39</td><td>24.01 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">71.94%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:28.67</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:18.67</td><td>0:32.52</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:23.98</td><td>24.14 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">72.34%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:26.91</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.01</td><td>0:22.34</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:13.35</td><td>24.17 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">72.42%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>2:22.13</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:13.04</td><td>1:58.24</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:49.11</td><td>24.36 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">72.97%</td></tr>
<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>24.37 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">73.01%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:32.79</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:21.37</td><td>0:19.24</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.16</td><td>24.86 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">74.47%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:25.34</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:12.54</td><td>0:18.76</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.30</td><td>24.86 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">74.48%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:21.48</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.46</td><td>0:15.50</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:06.68</td><td>25.05 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">75.04%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>0:34.78</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:23.74</td><td>0:22.60</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:13.55</td><td>25.12 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">75.26%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:18.75</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.50</td><td>0:16.25</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.26</td><td>26.07 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">78.12%</td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:28.67</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:17.59</td><td>0:19.19</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.97</td><td>26.61 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">79.72%</td></tr>
<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>2:08.63</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>2:08.63</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>33.37 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">100.00%</td></tr>
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