best archiver? (for music)

[Wojciech Puchar]

> For the same reason, you do not convert between lossy formats. Each might 
> give different kinds of artifacts that you do not want to combine. (Of

especially true with mp3 and ogg

> Are you sure you can hear the difference between your flac originals and 
> "--preset standard" lame encoded mp3? Consider a "double blind" test.

i'm almost sure he can't.

> I have never tested if I can hear the difference between an mp3 that come 
> from the original or an mp3 that comes from a higher bitrate ogg. Actually, I

for me - hearing the difference between mp3 @ 128kbit CBR (compressed with 
lame) and uncompressed is on the edge of detection.