I knew this would be a good sample from the first listen so I did some tests.
First was lame 3.96.1 --preset 128:
foo_abx v1.2 report
foobar2000 v0.8.3
2004/08/08 21:53:29
File A: file://H:\temp\abx tests\11 - Take the Boat Out.flac.flac
File B: file://H:\temp\abx tests\11 - Take the Boat Out.flac.mp3
21:53:30 : Test started.
21:53:36 : 01/01 50.0%
21:53:40 : 02/02 25.0%
21:53:46 : 03/03 12.5%
21:53:50 : 04/04 6.3%
21:53:56 : 05/05 3.1%
21:53:59 : 06/06 1.6%
21:54:07 : 07/07 0.8%
21:54:17 : 08/08 0.4%
21:54:25 : 09/09 0.2%
21:54:35 : 10/10 0.1%
21:54:42 : 11/11 0.0%
21:54:50 : 12/12 0.0%
21:54:59 : 13/13 0.0%
21:55:05 : 14/14 0.0%
21:55:09 : 15/15 0.0%
21:55:14 : 16/16 0.0%
21:55:15 : Test finished.
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Total: 16/16 (0.0%) - Very easy. huge smearing / pre-echos ?
Now 3.96.1 APS:
foo_abx v1.2 report
foobar2000 v0.8.3
2004/08/08 02:35:48
File A: file://H:\temp\Aeone\The Woman's Touch\11 - Take the Boat Out.flac
File B: file://H:\temp\Aeone\The Woman's Touch\11 - Take the Boat Out.mp3
02:36:17 : Test started.
02:36:56 : 01/01 50.0%
02:37:16 : 02/02 25.0%
02:38:05 : 03/03 12.5%
02:39:50 : 04/04 6.3%
02:41:17 : 05/05 3.1%
02:42:04 : 06/06 1.6%
02:45:01 : 07/07 0.8%
02:46:55 : 08/08 0.4%
02:49:05 : Test finished.
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Total: 8/8 (0.4%) - Harder but its still there if you concentrate.
MPC 1.14 --standard:
foo_abx v1.2 report
foobar2000 v0.8.3
2004/08/08 02:53:13
File A: file://H:\temp\Aeone\The Woman's Touch\11 - Take the Boat Out.flac
File B: file://H:\temp\Aeone\The Woman's Touch\11 - Take the Boat Out.mpc
02:53:39 : Test started.
02:56:21 : 01/01 50.0%
02:56:43 : 02/02 25.0%
02:56:54 : 02/03 50.0%
02:57:04 : 02/04 68.8%
02:57:25 : 03/05 50.0%
02:57:33 : 03/06 65.6%
02:57:42 : 04/07 50.0%
02:57:48 : 05/08 36.3%
02:57:59 : 06/09 25.4%
02:58:15 : 06/10 37.7%
02:59:44 : Test finished.
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Total: 6/10 (37.7%) - Can't abx
Aotuvb2 Q6:
foo_abx v1.2 report
foobar2000 v0.8.3
2004/08/08 03:04:27
File A: file://H:\temp\Aeone\The Woman's Touch\11 - Take the Boat Out.flac
File B: file://H:\temp\Aeone\The Woman's Touch\11 - Take the Boat Out.ogg
03:05:00 : Test started.
03:05:32 : 00/01 100.0%
03:05:49 : 00/02 100.0%
03:06:26 : 01/03 87.5%
03:06:35 : 01/04 93.8%
03:07:59 : 02/05 81.3%
03:08:12 : 03/06 65.6%
03:08:20 : 03/07 77.3%
03:08:29 : 04/08 63.7%
03:08:37 : 04/09 74.6%
03:08:43 : 05/10 62.3%
03:08:57 : 06/11 50.0%
03:09:05 : 07/12 38.7%
03:09:30 : 08/13 29.1%
03:09:53 : 09/14 21.2%
03:10:42 : 10/15 15.1%
03:11:16 : 11/16 10.5%
03:11:55 : 12/17 7.2%
03:12:35 : 12/18 11.9%
03:12:53 : 12/19 18.0%
03:12:59 : Test finished.
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Total: 12/19 (18.0%) - maybe some dullness but too weak to abx.
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