Well, I haven't had any trouble with my MP3's either, and I'm using LAME with "--alt-preset standard" too. I guess my ears aren't that good. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
But you gotta love Monkey's audio. Its called Monkey's audio, the file extension is .APE and they got that cute monkey on their website. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif