Editing Musepack (section)

== Test results==
{{see also|Codec listening test#Results}}

Despite being optimized for 100% transparency at moderately high bitrates, MPC has also scored highly on many 128&nbsp;kbit/s tests. In May 2004, a series of [[high fidelity#Listening tests|double-blind]] listening tests<ref name="rjamorim.com">{{cite web|url=http://listening-tests.freetzi.com/html/Multiformat_128kbps_public_listening_test_results.htm |title=Results of Multiformat at 128kbit/s Listening Test |publisher=Listening-tests.freetzi.com |access-date=2011-10-04}}</ref> (as reported on Slashdot<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/articles/04/05/24/0623247.shtml?tid=141&tid=185&tid=188 |title=Vorbis And Musepack Win 128kbps Multiformat Test |publisher=Slashdot |date=2004-05-24 |access-date=2011-04-25}}</ref>) suggested that Musepack and [[Ogg Vorbis]] (which was the 1.1 "aoTuV" fork at the time) were the two best available codecs for high-quality audio compression at bitrates around 128&nbsp;kbit/s, beating [[MP3]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]], and [[ATRAC]].

Listening tests of MPC:
* 2004 – rjamorim's second 128&nbsp;kbit/s group listening test – between 14 and 27 listeners. MPC and Vorbis tied for first.<ref name="rjamorim.com"/>
* 2003 – rjamorim's first 128&nbsp;kbit/s group listening test – between 14 and 29 listeners. AAC, MPC, Vorbis, and WMA tied for first.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listening-tests.freetzi.com/html/128kbps_Extension_public_listening_test_results.htm |title=Results of 128kbit/s Extension Listening Test |publisher=Listening-tests.freetzi.com |access-date=2011-10-04}}</ref>
* 2002 – ff123's second 128&nbsp;kbit/s group listening test<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ff123.net/128test/instruct.html |title=128 kbit/s Blind Listening Tests |publisher=Ff123.net |access-date=2011-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517111516/http://ff123.net/128test/instruct.html |archive-date=2011-05-17 }}</ref>
* 2001 – ff123's 128&nbsp;kbit/s group listening test<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ff123.net/128tests.html |title=Group Listening Tests of Various Formats at 128 kbit/s |publisher=Ff123.net |access-date=2011-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517111522/http://ff123.net/128tests.html |archive-date=2011-05-17 }}</ref>