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Incidentally, if you're switching to the Xing VBR encoder that's in AudioCatalyst, I suggest that you skip the middle bitrate setting (called "Normal") altogether and go straight for the next one up, the one called "Normal/High".

Agreed - this is what I almost always use, and I can definately tell a difference at this stage.
-mark

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units

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