Comparing the TTA codec with three popular lossless audio compressors
This section compares TTA with other free open-source lossless audio compressors.
All music files were WAV format files which were extracted from original audio CDs. No pre-processing was performed.
- Command line frontend for LibTTA version 2.3
- Monkeys Audio v4.16 http://www.monkeysaudio.com
- Wavpack v4.75.2 http://www.wavpack.com
- Flac v1.3.1 https://xiph.org/flac/
For testing we use Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3240, 3.4GHz, with 4GB RAM, operating under Windows 7 Professional. All tests were run on RAM-disk with capacity of 1GB.
Comparison average result of all albums
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Additional TTA comparisons online:
Enigma - Voyageur
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options
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file size (MB)
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% of orig. file
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encode time
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WAV file |
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477.8 |
100.0 |
*47:20
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TTA 3.0 |
- |
275.6 |
57.7 |
0:49
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
fast |
277.3 |
58.0 |
0:52
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Wavpack 3.97 |
fast |
296.6 |
62.1 |
0:22
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Flac 1.1.0 |
fast (0) |
302.0 |
63.2 |
0:43
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
normal |
272.4 |
57.0 |
1:12
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Wavpack 3.97 |
normal |
279.8 |
58.6 |
0:44
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Flac 1.1.0 |
normal (5) |
284.6 |
59.6 |
1:21
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
high |
271.5 |
56.8 |
1:25
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Wavpack 3.97 |
high |
273.6 |
57.3 |
1:43
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Flac 1.1.0 |
high (8) |
283.3 |
59.3 |
10:34
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Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos
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options
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file size (MB)
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% of orig. file
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encode time
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WAV file |
- |
659.2 |
100.0 |
*59:42
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TTA 3.0 |
- |
226.3 |
34.3 |
1:01
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
fast |
226.2 |
34.3 |
1:05
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Wavpack 3.97 |
fast |
274.3 |
41.6 |
0:25
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Flac 1.1.0 |
fast (0) |
247.4 |
37.5 |
0:52
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
normal |
219.7 |
33.3 |
1:34
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Wavpack 3.97 |
normal |
236.0 |
35.8 |
0:56
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Flac 1.1.0 |
normal (5) |
240.0 |
36.4 |
1:40
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
high |
217.0 |
32.9 |
1:53
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Wavpack 3.97 |
high |
225.5 |
34.2 |
2:16
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Flac 1.1.0 |
high (8) |
239.3 |
36.3 |
13:12
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Dagda - Celtic Trance
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options
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file size (MB)
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% of orig. file
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encode time
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WAV file |
- |
567.8 |
100.0 |
*56:14
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TTA 3.0 |
- |
347.4 |
61.2 |
0:59
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
fast |
345.8 |
60.9 |
1:01
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Wavpack 3.97 |
fast |
361.9 |
63.7 |
0:27
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Flac 1.1.0 |
fast (0) |
366.2 |
64.5 |
0:54
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
normal |
340.1 |
59.9 |
1:26
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Wavpack 3.97 |
normal |
348.7 |
61.4 |
0:53
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Flac 1.1.0 |
normal (5) |
352.0 |
62.0 |
1:36
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
high |
337.1 |
59.4 |
1:43
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Wavpack 3.97 |
high |
342.1 |
60.2 |
2:05
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Flac 1.1.0 |
high (8) |
350.0 |
61.6 |
12:34
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Ott - Blumenkraft
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options
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file size (MB)
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% of orig. file
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encode time
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WAV file |
- |
734.2 |
100.0 |
*72:44
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TTA 3.0 |
- |
471.1 |
64.2 |
1:17
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
fast |
472.1 |
64.3 |
1:18
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Wavpack 3.97 |
fast |
507.2 |
69.0 |
0:34
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Flac 1.1.0 |
fast (0) |
520.0 |
70.8 |
1:07
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
normal |
463.4 |
63.1 |
1:49
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Wavpack 3.97 |
normal |
477.0 |
64.9 |
1:06
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Flac 1.1.0 |
normal (5) |
485.7 |
66.2 |
1:58
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
high |
460.8 |
62.8 |
2:11
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Wavpack 3.97 |
high |
465.8 |
63.4 |
2:34
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Flac 1.1.0 |
high (8) |
482.9 |
65.8 |
15:14
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Schumann - Piano Concerto
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options
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file size (MB)
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% of orig. file
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encode time
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WAV file |
- |
618.7 |
100.0 |
*64:49
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TTA 3.0 |
- |
218.6 |
35.3 |
0:58
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
fast |
216.1 |
34.9 |
1:00
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Wavpack 3.97 |
fast |
252.7 |
40.9 |
0:23
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Flac 1.1.0 |
fast (0) |
235.7 |
38.1 |
0:48
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
normal |
212.3 |
34.3 |
1:27
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Wavpack 3.97 |
normal |
224.6 |
36.3 |
0:53
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Flac 1.1.0 |
normal (5) |
229.9 |
37.2 |
1:34
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
high |
210.7 |
34.1 |
1:45
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Wavpack 3.97 |
high |
216.4 |
34.9 |
2:08
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Flac 1.1.0 |
high (8) |
229.3 |
37.1 |
12:28
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Yello - The Eye
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options
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file size (MB)
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% of orig. file
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encode time
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WAV file |
- |
612.4 |
100.0 |
*61:01
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TTA 3.0 |
- |
373.6 |
61.0 |
1:03
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
fast |
374.8 |
61.2 |
1:07
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Wavpack 3.97 |
fast |
392.4 |
64.1 |
0:28
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Flac 1.1.0 |
fast (0) |
402.2 |
65.7 |
0:55
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
normal |
367.6 |
60.0 |
1:33
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Wavpack 3.97 |
normal |
378.3 |
61.8 |
0:54
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Flac 1.1.0 |
normal (5) |
382.8 |
62.5 |
1:34
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Monkey's Audio 3.97 |
high |
364.9 |
59.6 |
1:52
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Wavpack 3.97 |
high |
370.1 |
60.4 |
2:07
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Flac 1.1.0 |
high (8) |
379.8 |
61.9 |
12:43
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