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TTA Lossless Audio Codec :: Performance Comparison

This section compares TTA with other free open-source lossless audio compressors. All music files were WAV format files which were extracted from original audio CDs. No pre-processing was performed.


Comparing the TTA codec with three popular lossless audio compressors:

  1. Monkeys Audio v3.97 http://www.monkeysaudio.com
  2. Wavpack v3.97 http://www.wavpack.com
  3. Flac v1.1.0 http://flac.sourceforge.net

For testing we use P4 Celeron, 2.6GHz, SATA, with 256MB RAM, operating under Windows XP Home edition.

Using 6 albums of various styles:
  1. Enigma - Voyageur
  2. Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos
  3. Dagda - Celtic Trance
  1. Ott - Blumenkraft
  2. Schumann - Piano Concerto
  3. Yello - The Eye


Comparison average result of all albums

TTA comparison: Average result


Additional TTA comparisons online:



1. Enigma - Voyageur


 optionsfile size (MB)% of orig. fileencode time
WAV file 477.8100.0*47:20
TTA 3.0 - 275.657.70:49
Monkey's Audio 3.97fast277.358.00:52
Wavpack 3.97fast296.662.10:22
Flac 1.1.0fast (0)302.063.20:43
Monkey's Audio 3.97normal272.457.01:12
Wavpack 3.97normal279.858.60:44
Flac 1.1.0normal (5)284.659.61:21
Monkey's Audio 3.97high271.556.81:25
Wavpack 3.97high273.657.31:43
Flac 1.1.0high (8)283.359.310:34
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2. Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos


 optionsfile size (MB) % of orig. fileencode time
WAV file 659.2100.0*59:42
TTA 3.0 - 226.334.31:01
Monkey's Audio 3.97fast226.234.31:05
Wavpack 3.97fast274.341.60:25
Flac 1.1.0fast (0)247.437.50:52
Monkey's Audio 3.97normal219.733.31:34
Wavpack 3.97normal236.035.80:56
Flac 1.1.0normal (5)240.036.41:40
Monkey's Audio 3.97high217.032.91:53
Wavpack 3.97high225.534.22:16
Flac 1.1.0high (8)239.336.313:12
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3. Dagda - Celtic Trance


 optionsfile size (MB)% of orig. fileencode time
WAV file 567.8100.0*56:14
TTA 3.0 - 347.461.20:59
Monkey's Audio 3.97fast345.860.91:01
Wavpack 3.97fast361.963.70:27
Flac 1.1.0fast (0)366.264.50:54
Monkey's Audio 3.97normal340.159.91:26
Wavpack 3.97normal348.761.40:53
Flac 1.1.0normal (5)352.062.01:36
Monkey's Audio 3.97high337.159.41:43
Wavpack 3.97high342.160.22:05
Flac 1.1.0high (8)350.061.612:34
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4. Ott - Blumenkraft


 optionsfile size (MB)% of orig. fileencode time
WAV file 734.2100.0*72:44
TTA 3.0 - 471.164.21:17
Monkey's Audio 3.97fast472.164.31:18
Wavpack 3.97fast507.269.00:34
Flac 1.1.0fast (0)520.070.81:07
Monkey's Audio 3.97normal463.463.11:49
Wavpack 3.97normal477.064.91:06
Flac 1.1.0normal (5)485.766.21:58
Monkey's Audio 3.97high460.862.82:11
Wavpack 3.97high465.863.42:34
Flac 1.1.0high (8)482.965.815:14
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5. Schumann - Piano Concerto


 optionsfile size (MB)% of orig. fileencode time
WAV file 618.7100.0*64:49
TTA 3.0 - 218.635.30:58
Monkey's Audio 3.97fast216.134.91:00
Wavpack 3.97fast252.740.90:23
Flac 1.1.0fast (0)235.738.10:48
Monkey's Audio 3.97normal212.334.31:27
Wavpack 3.97normal224.636.30:53
Flac 1.1.0normal (5)229.937.21:34
Monkey's Audio 3.97high210.734.11:45
Wavpack 3.97high216.434.92:08
Flac 1.1.0high (8)229.337.112:28
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6. Yello - The Eye


 optionsfile size (MB)% of orig. fileencode time
WAV file 612.4100.0*61:01
TTA 3.0 - 373.661.01:03
Monkey's Audio 3.97fast374.861.21:07
Wavpack 3.97fast392.464.10:28
Flac 1.1.0fast (0)402.265.70:55
Monkey's Audio 3.97normal367.660.01:33
Wavpack 3.97normal378.361.80:54
Flac 1.1.0normal (5)382.862.51:34
Monkey's Audio 3.97high364.959.61:52
Wavpack 3.97high370.160.42:07
Flac 1.1.0high (8)379.861.912:43
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* Playing time of the CD

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