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59 <font size=
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76 <font size=
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79 <font size=
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82 <font size=
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85 <font size=
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88 <font size=
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91 <tr align=
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0.3c
</td><td>10:
40.88</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">10:
27.22</td><td>10:
17.07</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">10:
09.64</td><td>19.94 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">35.50%
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92 <tr align=
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"#D4D4C0"><td align=
"left">Monkey's Audio
3.99 (insane)
</td><td>9:
08.88</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">8:
56.22</td><td>9:
37.00</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">9:
29.35</td><td>20.17 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">35.90%
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93 <tr align=
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3.99 (extra high)
</td><td>2:
00.53</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">1:
47.08</td><td>2:
05.06</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">1:
54.64</td><td>20.29 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">36.11%
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94 <tr align=
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1.01 (extra high max)
</td><td>4:
39.26</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">4:
27.17</td><td>0:
33.47</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
22.42</td><td>20.33 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">36.19%
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95 <tr align=
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"left">Tak
1.01 (extra high)
</td><td>1:
48.73</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">1:
34.92</td><td>0:
35.50</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
24.19</td><td>20.35 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">36.22%
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96 <tr align=
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"left">optimFROG
4.21 (mode
4 @
1x)
</td><td>24:
26.74</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">24:
12.40</td><td>24:
28.80</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">24:
17.98</td><td>20.62 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">36.71%
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97 <tr align=
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3.99 (high)
</td><td>1:
04.75</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
50.79</td><td>1:
09.21</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
58.49</td><td>20.68 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">36.81%
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98 <tr align=
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4.21 (mode
3 @
4x)
</td><td>4:
10.49</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">3:
56.43</td><td>4:
13.88</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">4:
03.90</td><td>20.72 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">36.88%
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99 <tr align=
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"left">optimFROG
4.21 (mode
2 @
4x)
</td><td>2:
17.17</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">2:
02.14</td><td>2:
21.02</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">2:
10.78</td><td>20.83 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">37.07%
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100 <tr align=
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"left">optimFROG
4.21 (mode
1 @
4x)
</td><td>1:
42.60</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">1:
27.34</td><td>1:
47.21</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">1:
36.54</td><td>20.93 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">37.25%
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101 <tr align=
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1.01 (normal)
</td><td>0:
48.66</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
34.63</td><td>0:
26.32</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
15.20</td><td>20.95 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">37.28%
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102 <tr align=
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3.99 (normal)
</td><td>0:
55.63</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
41.68</td><td>1:
00.36</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
49.66</td><td>21.05 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">37.47%
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103 <tr align=
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4.21 (mode
0 @
4x)
</td><td>1:
08.87</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
53.42</td><td>1:
13.72</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">1:
02.97</td><td>21.23 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">37.79%
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104 <tr align=
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"left">WavPack
4.41 (extra high -x)
</td><td>1:
56.00</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">1:
41.60</td><td>0:
44.82</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
33.19</td><td>21.42 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">38.13%
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105 <tr align=
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"left">Tak
1.01 (turbo)
</td><td>0:
30.01</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
15.73</td><td>0:
24.32</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
12.89</td><td>21.49 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">38.25%
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106 <tr align=
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3.99 (fast)
</td><td>0:
43.14</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
29.29</td><td>0:
48.44</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
37.39</td><td>21.52 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">38.30%
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107 <tr align=
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"left">WavPack
4.41 (high)
</td><td>0:
49.04</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
32.84</td><td>0:
37.71</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
25.31</td><td>21.59 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">38.42%
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108 <tr align=
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4.41 (normal -x)
</td><td>0:
59.89</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
43.47</td><td>0:
29.43</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
18.58</td><td>21.72 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">38.66%
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109 <tr align=
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4.41 (normal)
</td><td>0:
40.76</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
24.68</td><td>0:
30.44</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
19.06</td><td>21.75 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">38.70%
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110 <tr align=
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1.2.1 (-
8)
</td><td>1:
51.95</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">1:
38.33</td><td>0:
21.08</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
10.14</td><td>21.78 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">38.77%
</td></tr>
111 <tr align=
"right" bgcolor=
"#FFFFFF"><td align=
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1.2.1 (-
5, default)
</td><td>0:
41.47</td><td bgcolor=
"#FFFFFF">0:
27.54</td><td>0:
21.21</td><td bgcolor=
"#FFFFFF">0:
09.96</td><td>21.90 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#FFFFFF">38.97%
</td></tr>
112 <tr align=
"right" bgcolor=
"#D4D4C0"><td align=
"left">WavPack
4.41 (fast -x)
</td><td>0:
49.79</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
33.44</td><td>0:
26.25</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
14.43</td><td>22.02 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">39.20%
</td></tr>
113 <tr align=
"right"><td align=
"left">WavPack
4.41 (fast)
</td><td>0:
36.56</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
20.28</td><td>0:
25.55</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
14.08</td><td>22.23 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">39.57%
</td></tr>
114 <tr align=
"right" bgcolor=
"#D4D4C0"><td align=
"left">FLAC
1.2.1 (-
3)
</td><td>0:
29.86</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
15.76</td><td>0:
20.28</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
09.10</td><td>22.42 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">39.91%
</td></tr>
115 <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>22.52 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">40.08%
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116 <tr align=
"right" bgcolor=
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"left">Bonk
0.5</td><td>3:
32.50</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">3:
19.49</td><td>2:
50.96</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">2:
39.42</td><td>23.18 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">41.25%
</td></tr>
117 <tr align=
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"left">FLAC
1.2.1 (-
1)
</td><td>0:
25.23</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
10.81</td><td>0:
21.38</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
09.87</td><td>23.33 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">41.52%
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118 <tr align=
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"left">Shorten
3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)
</td><td>0:
41.16</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
26.71</td><td>0:
26.70</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">0:
15.27</td><td>23.71 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">42.21%
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119 <tr align=
"right"><td align=
"left">Shorten
3.2a (-p8 -b2048)
</td><td>0:
49.31</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
34.87</td><td>0:
30.80</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">0:
17.96</td><td>25.59 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#F8F8E8">45.54%
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120 <tr align=
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"left">RIFF WAVE
</td><td>1:
53.06</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4"></td><td>1:
53.06</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4"></td><td>56.18 MB
</td><td bgcolor=
"#E0E0D4">100.00%
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