Hi there,
I just couldn't trust my eyes ... Fraunhofer IIS pushed their commandline encoder for free (non commecial use of course).
http://www.all4mp3.com/tools/sw_fhg_cl.html
The speed is great. Okay, the settings are "lame" and it doesn't support VBR.
Let's start listening-tests :-)
Best regards,
Tobias