Afterdawn seeks to clear up the hub-bub surrounding the 3.96 update for the LAME mp3 encoder. They go straight to the source & ask one of the main developers. Good stuff here if you're a LAME user.

"When the latest version of the LAME 3.96 MP3 encoder was released, there were reports on various websites, including this one, that the version is potentially buggy. In order to set things straight we decided to ask one of the main developers Gabriel Bouvigne about the new version."