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MP3'S DIGITAL AUDIO COMPETITORS

How long will the MP3 format be able to withstand challenges from the other newer, perhaps better, formats? There are already a number of audio coding methods that produce smaller files with equal or better audio quality than MP3. In this week's Music Dish column, Jay Lickfett takes a look at the contenders: AAC, available from Dolby Laborotories; ATRAC3, from Sony; ePAC, from Lucent Technologies; Liquid Audio; RealAudio; VQF, from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; and Windows Media Audio, from Microsoft. This article helps explain the differences with an eye toward the coming MPEG4 standard.

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:43:37 -0800