lame: which version?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

  since lame seems to be the best mp3 encoder and there's no .deb
there's a question - which version to use? the 3.70 seems to be quite
old but the newer one 3.89beta is, well, beta. Does anybody have
experience with how good the beta is? I am mainly interested in sound
quality, not speed (or other features).

  [I want to use the encoded mp3 files in mp3 player so ogg is not an
option, at least that's what I think: the player from www.pjbox.com
seams to only support mp3]

  TIA

	erik