LAME 3.100 alpha testing Options

[IgorC]

New build of LAME 3.100 alpha is available on http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php

Changelog

[Kamedo2]

I'm considering a listening test of this new LAME 3.100 alpha, along with some other encoders.
What settings should I use? Is there a better setting that I should test?
I'll be using additional 5 easy samples, along with 20 I used in my last test.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=98003

LAME 256k:
lame3.99.5\lame -S -V0.3 %i %o
lame3.100.a2-64\lame -S -V0.4 %i %o

LAME 160k:
lame3.99.5\lame -S -V3.8 %i %o
lame3.100.a2-64\lame -S -V4.1 %i %o

Helix, BladeEnc(low anchor) 160k:
hmp3 %i %o -X2 -U2 -V88
bladeenc -quit -nocfg %i %o -160

Decode option:
madplay -q -b 32 -o %o %i

The test will take 30~60 days(estimated). Gonna be hard.

[Gainless]

I'm considering a listening test of this new LAME 3.100 alpha, along with some other encoders.
What settings should I use? Is there a better setting that I should test?
I'll be using additional 5 easy samples, along with 20 I used in my last test.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=98003

LAME 256k:
lame3.99.5\lame -S -V0.3 %i %o
lame3.100.a2-64\lame -S -V0.4 %i %o

LAME 160k:
lame3.99.5\lame -S -V3.8 %i %o
lame3.100.a2-64\lame -S -V4.1 %i %o

Helix, BladeEnc(low anchor) 160k:
hmp3 %i %o -X2 -U2 -V88
bladeenc -quit -nocfg %i %o -160

Decode option:
madplay -q -b 32 -o %o %i

The test will take 30~60 days(estimated). Gonna be hard.

A test with -V 2 should be a lot more relevant to most people here, as this is the most popular setting. At least for me it would be interesting to know how far this is true at all.