Aesthetically, intellectually and scientifically (Occam's razor), a simpler method is a better method, because one shows to have understood the essence of the p

Aesthetically, intellectually and scientifically (Occam's razor), a simpler method is a better method, because one shows to have understood the essence of the problem or natural phenomenon that has been modelled. From a software point of view, more complex methods are also more prone to implementation error. Dominic's post is not opposed to Opus or the other formats, but argues (to me, convincingly) there is a valid spot on the map of audio formats for very simple format that still has more decent audio quality than other very simple formats. The result has compact file sizes, rapid decode times and still sounds well. EDIT: The post is a good educational read (as any good software developer IMHO should aspire to creating simple code), initially and/or eventually. His other posts (e.g. the one on his Pagenode CMS) also show this simplicity-seeking mind set.