Was 192 as high as you went with the tests?

Yes, I wanted to stay close to 128k to see how much "damage" "internet-standard" would do.

It might be fun to take one or two pieces which exhibited the worst aliasing (to your ear) and try them at higher bitrates, or at highest-quality VBR rates using LAME or Xing.

When I have a bit of time (!) that's part of the next experiment. I'm also very curious to see what the Xing, Blade, Lame, etc. encoders sound like in various modes compared to an original WAV. Don't hold your breath for the results though...

Any other suggestions to add to the experiment?

Cas