diff -Nru bitpim-1.0.6.orig/src/conversions.py bitpim-1.0.6/src/conversions.py
--- bitpim-1.0.6.orig/src/conversions.py	2008-11-02 13:51:31.000000000 +0000
+++ bitpim-1.0.6/src/conversions.py	2008-11-02 13:52:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
     ffmpeg=gethelperbinary("ffmpeg")
     with common.usetempfile('mp3') as mp3file:
         try:
-            run(ffmpeg, "-i", shortfilename(inputfilename), "-hq", "-ab", `bitrate`, "-ar", `samplerate`, "-ac", `channels`, shortfilename(mp3file))
+            run(ffmpeg, "-i", shortfilename(inputfilename), "-sameq", "-ab", `bitrate`, "-ar", `samplerate`, "-ac", `channels`, shortfilename(mp3file))
         except common.CommandExecutionFailed, e:
             # we get this exception on bad parameters, or any other
             # issue so we assume bad parameters for the moment.