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					<font size="+1"><b>Encode time</b></font>
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					<font size="+1"><b>Decode time</b></font>
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					<font size="+1">Total</font>
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					<font size="+1">CPU</font>
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					<font size="+1">Total</font>
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					<font size="+1">CPU</font>
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					<font size="+1">Size</font>
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		<tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>11:33.09</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">11:19.06</td><td>11:12.03</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">11:00.22</td><td>42.72 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">73.06%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>9:54.94</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">9:41.08</td><td>10:23.84</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">10:11.92</td><td>42.99 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">73.52%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>2:13.37</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:56.55</td><td>2:17.03</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:01.54</td><td>43.06 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">73.64%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>1:14.01</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:57.54</td><td>1:17.44</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:01.89</td><td>43.21 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">73.91%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>2:29.22</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:10.34</td><td>2:36.59</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:21.42</td><td>43.24 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">73.95%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>4:28.01</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">4:09.99</td><td>4:33.40</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">4:18.96</td><td>43.26 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">73.98%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>25:32.67</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">25:17.33</td><td>25:37.33</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">25:22.07</td><td>43.26 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">73.98%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>1:54.86</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:35.38</td><td>2:02.71</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:45.75</td><td>43.26 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">73.98%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>1:04.05</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:47.22</td><td>1:07.56</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:52.13</td><td>43.30 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">74.05%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>5:17.86</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">5:02.22</td><td>0:33.30</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:17.38</td><td>43.40 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">74.23%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>1:18.81</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:59.92</td><td>1:25.63</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:09.70</td><td>43.42 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">74.26%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>1:55.03</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:37.68</td><td>0:33.95</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:17.31</td><td>43.45 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">74.31%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:55.22</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:38.01</td><td>0:31.57</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.79</td><td>43.51 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">74.42%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>2:07.33</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:47.95</td><td>0:54.18</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:34.92</td><td>43.55 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">74.49%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:55.99</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:35.38</td><td>0:45.02</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:27.45</td><td>43.67 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">74.69%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:37.12</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:19.03</td><td>0:30.36</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:13.65</td><td>43.80 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">74.91%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:50.45</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:33.45</td><td>0:55.14</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:39.03</td><td>43.86 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">75.01%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>1:07.85</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:48.39</td><td>0:37.25</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:20.32</td><td>43.91 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">75.10%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:46.86</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:27.06</td><td>0:37.57</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:20.31</td><td>44.01 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">75.26%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>2:08.57</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:51.56</td><td>0:26.91</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:11.03</td><td>44.11 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">75.44%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:48.66</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:31.46</td><td>0:26.54</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:10.63</td><td>44.17 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">75.54%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>4:12.59</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">3:56.45</td><td>3:26.61</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">3:11.07</td><td>44.35 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">75.85%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:36.62</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:19.23</td><td>0:27.01</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.75</td><td>44.58 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">76.25%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:57.50</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:37.91</td><td>0:32.46</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:15.72</td><td>44.70 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">76.45%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:42.95</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:22.86</td><td>0:32.45</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.60</td><td>44.71 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">76.46%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Apple Lossless (iTunes 4.5)</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">?</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">?</td><td>44.74 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">76.53%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>1:00.05</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:42.06</td><td>0:37.31</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:20.87</td><td>44.75 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">76.54%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:32.13</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.16</td><td>0:27.55</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.71</td><td>46.60 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">79.70%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:49.94</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:31.66</td><td>0:32.61</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.51</td><td>46.68 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">79.84%</td></tr>
		<tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>4:02.17</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>4:02.17</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>58.47 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">100.00%</td></tr>
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