[Sambones]

That's basically my question. Is there any downside to VBR versus CBR, if both are from the same deecoder? Also, for bonus points, is there much a better decoder than LAME?

 

[faileas]

Most of the issues with VBR won't affect modern systems all that much. It takes longer to decode, and *may* not work on some, mostly VERY old players.
 
Lame is not a decoder, its a encoder (even if they deny it)

 

[Sambones]

Haha, my bad. And, thanks.