The improvements in the decoder will be feature-related. I don't think any mention was made of improvements to the sound quality. I think that the current decoder has great sound quality as-is-- you're pretty much limited by your encoder in this situation.

Examples of things that the new decoder will allow:

- Better FF/REW on variable-bit-rate files.
- Ability to play back WMA files.
- Ability to play back WAV files.
- More detailed access to the decoder's innards, allowing other features in the future.

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Tony Fabris