Andrei Gule van Digit Life heeft een artikel geschreven waarin hij de lezer probeert te helpen met het vinden van de voor hen geschikte methode om Mp3 bestanden te maken. Aspecten als de juiste encoder, VBR en normalization komen aan bod in de zoektocht naar de juiste instellingen. De schrijver gaat er wel van uit dat je een aantal basisbegrippen kent en een deel van het artikel gaat specifiek over de Lame encoder:
What mp3 player is better?
Amongst soft players it's nearly everything what is made on the Fraunhofer code: some versions of WinAmp (1.6, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.666, 2.7, the others use their own decoder from NullSoft), WinPlay, AudioActive, Microsoft Windows Media Player... Besides, X-Audio is worth mentioning and everything on this code. There are as well many other players on ISO code, the best are MPG123 and Apollo. Everything on Xing code (Xing player, FreeAmp) is considered the worst - these players emphasize high frequencies in order to indemn for highs which are neglected by other Xing coders.
As for hardware mp3 players, I have little knowledge there. But still, hardware usually uses the same algorithms as soft players. Some players even contain flash-chips in order to update mp3 decoder. Whatever the case, you should pay attention to the code, the decoding algorithm is based on. Usually, everything on Fraunhofer is good, ISO and X-Audio - depends on realization, Xing - bad.