diff --git a/video_encoder/decoder_tad.c b/video_encoder/decoder_tad.c
index 2e0def0..adaee0c 100644
--- a/video_encoder/decoder_tad.c
+++ b/video_encoder/decoder_tad.c
@@ -389,38 +389,60 @@ static void dequantize_dwt_coefficients(const int16_t *quantized, float *coeffs,
 }
 
 //=============================================================================
-// Significance Map Decoding
+// Bitplane Decoding with Delta Prediction
 //=============================================================================
 
-static size_t decode_sigmap_2bit(const uint8_t *input, int16_t *values, size_t count) {
-    size_t map_bytes = (count * 2 + 7) / 8;
-    const uint8_t *map = input;
-    const uint8_t *read_ptr = input + map_bytes;
+// Pure bitplane decoding with delta prediction: each coefficient uses exactly (quant_bits + 1) bits
+// Bit layout: 1 sign bit + quant_bits magnitude bits
+// Sign bit: 0 = positive/zero, 1 = negative
+// Magnitude: unsigned value [0, 2^quant_bits - 1]
+// Delta prediction: plane[i] ^= plane[i-1] (reversed by same operation)
+static size_t decode_bitplanes(const uint8_t *input, int16_t *values, size_t count, int quant_bits) {
+    int bits_per_coeff = quant_bits + 1;  // 1 sign bit + quant_bits magnitude bits
+    size_t plane_bytes = (count + 7) / 8;  // Bytes needed for one bitplane
+    size_t input_bytes = plane_bytes * bits_per_coeff;
 
-    const int16_t *value_ptr = (const int16_t*)read_ptr;
-    uint32_t other_idx = 0;
+    // Allocate temporary bitplanes
+    uint8_t **bitplanes = malloc(bits_per_coeff * sizeof(uint8_t*));
+    for (int plane = 0; plane < bits_per_coeff; plane++) {
+        bitplanes[plane] = malloc(plane_bytes);
+        memcpy(bitplanes[plane], input + (plane * plane_bytes), plane_bytes);
+    }
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-        size_t bit_pos = i * 2;
-        size_t byte_idx = bit_pos / 8;
-        size_t bit_offset = bit_pos % 8;
-
-        uint8_t code = (map[byte_idx] >> bit_offset) & 0x03;
-
-        // Handle bit spillover
-        if (bit_offset == 7) {
-            code = (map[byte_idx] >> 7) | ((map[byte_idx + 1] & 0x01) << 1);
-        }
-
-        switch (code) {
-            case 0: values[i] = 0; break;
-            case 1: values[i] = 1; break;
-            case 2: values[i] = -1; break;
-            case 3: values[i] = value_ptr[other_idx++]; break;
+    // Reverse delta prediction: plane[i] ^= plane[i-1]
+    for (int plane = 0; plane < bits_per_coeff; plane++) {
+        for (size_t byte = 1; byte < plane_bytes; byte++) {
+            bitplanes[plane][byte] ^= bitplanes[plane][byte - 1];
         }
     }
 
-    return map_bytes + other_idx * sizeof(int16_t);
+    // Reconstruct coefficients from bitplanes
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        size_t byte_idx = i / 8;
+        size_t bit_offset = i % 8;
+
+        // Read sign bit (plane 0)
+        uint8_t sign_bit = (bitplanes[0][byte_idx] >> bit_offset) & 0x01;
+
+        // Read magnitude bits (planes 1 to quant_bits)
+        uint16_t magnitude = 0;
+        for (int b = 0; b < quant_bits; b++) {
+            if (bitplanes[b + 1][byte_idx] & (1 << bit_offset)) {
+                magnitude |= (1 << b);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Reconstruct signed value
+        values[i] = sign_bit ? -(int16_t)magnitude : (int16_t)magnitude;
+    }
+
+    // Free temporary bitplanes
+    for (int plane = 0; plane < bits_per_coeff; plane++) {
+        free(bitplanes[plane]);
+    }
+    free(bitplanes);
+
+    return input_bytes;
 }
 
 //=============================================================================
@@ -480,12 +502,12 @@ static int decode_chunk(const uint8_t *input, size_t input_size, uint8_t *pcmu8_
     uint8_t *pcm8_left = malloc(sample_count * sizeof(uint8_t));
     uint8_t *pcm8_right = malloc(sample_count * sizeof(uint8_t));
 
-    // Decode significance maps
+    // Decode bitplanes
     const uint8_t *payload_ptr = payload;
     size_t mid_bytes, side_bytes;
 
-    mid_bytes = decode_sigmap_2bit(payload_ptr, quant_mid, sample_count);
-    side_bytes = decode_sigmap_2bit(payload_ptr + mid_bytes, quant_side, sample_count);
+    mid_bytes = decode_bitplanes(payload_ptr, quant_mid, sample_count, quant_bits);
+    side_bytes = decode_bitplanes(payload_ptr + mid_bytes, quant_side, sample_count, quant_bits);
 
     // Dequantize
     dequantize_dwt_coefficients(quant_mid, dwt_mid, sample_count, sample_count, dwt_levels, quant_bits);
diff --git a/video_encoder/encoder_tad.c b/video_encoder/encoder_tad.c
index 01dcf96..d38cdec 100644
--- a/video_encoder/encoder_tad.c
+++ b/video_encoder/encoder_tad.c
@@ -290,41 +290,66 @@ static void quantize_dwt_coefficients(const float *coeffs, int16_t *quantized, s
 }
 
 //=============================================================================
-// Significance Map Encoding
+// Bitplane Encoding with Delta Prediction
 //=============================================================================
 
-static size_t encode_sigmap_2bit(const int16_t *values, size_t count, uint8_t *output) {
-    size_t map_bytes = (count * 2 + 7) / 8;
-    uint8_t *map = output;
-    memset(map, 0, map_bytes);
+// Pure bitplane encoding with delta prediction: each coefficient uses exactly (quant_bits + 1) bits
+// Bit layout: 1 sign bit + quant_bits magnitude bits
+// Sign bit: 0 = positive/zero, 1 = negative
+// Magnitude: unsigned value [0, 2^quant_bits - 1]
+// Delta prediction: plane[i] ^= plane[i-1] for better compression
+static size_t encode_bitplanes(const int16_t *values, size_t count, uint8_t *output, int quant_bits) {
+    int bits_per_coeff = quant_bits + 1;  // 1 sign bit + quant_bits magnitude bits
+    size_t plane_bytes = (count + 7) / 8;  // Bytes needed for one bitplane
+    size_t output_bytes = plane_bytes * bits_per_coeff;
 
-    uint8_t *write_ptr = output + map_bytes;
-    int16_t *value_ptr = (int16_t*)write_ptr;
-    uint32_t other_count = 0;
+    memset(output, 0, output_bytes);
 
+    // Separate bitplanes (sign + magnitude)
+    uint8_t **bitplanes = malloc(bits_per_coeff * sizeof(uint8_t*));
+    for (int plane = 0; plane < bits_per_coeff; plane++) {
+        bitplanes[plane] = output + (plane * plane_bytes);
+    }
+
+    // Extract coefficients into bitplanes
     for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         int16_t val = values[i];
-        uint8_t code;
 
-        if (val == 0) code = 0;       // 00
-        else if (val == 1) code = 1;  // 01
-        else if (val == -1) code = 2; // 10
-        else {
-            code = 3;  // 11
-            value_ptr[other_count++] = val;
+        // Extract sign and magnitude
+        uint8_t sign_bit = (val < 0) ? 1 : 0;
+        uint16_t magnitude = (val < 0) ? -val : val;
+
+        // Clamp magnitude to max value for quant_bits
+        uint16_t max_magnitude = (1 << quant_bits) - 1;
+        if (magnitude > max_magnitude) {
+            magnitude = max_magnitude;
         }
 
-        size_t bit_pos = i * 2;
-        size_t byte_idx = bit_pos / 8;
-        size_t bit_offset = bit_pos % 8;
+        size_t byte_idx = i / 8;
+        size_t bit_offset = i % 8;
 
-        map[byte_idx] |= (code << bit_offset);
-        if (bit_offset == 7 && byte_idx + 1 < map_bytes) {
-            map[byte_idx + 1] |= (code >> 1);
+        // Sign bitplane (plane 0)
+        if (sign_bit) {
+            bitplanes[0][byte_idx] |= (1 << bit_offset);
+        }
+
+        // Magnitude bitplanes (planes 1 to quant_bits)
+        for (int b = 0; b < quant_bits; b++) {
+            if (magnitude & (1 << b)) {
+                bitplanes[b + 1][byte_idx] |= (1 << bit_offset);
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    return map_bytes + other_count * sizeof(int16_t);
+    // Apply delta prediction: plane[i] ^= plane[i-1]
+    for (int plane = 0; plane < bits_per_coeff; plane++) {
+        for (size_t byte = plane_bytes - 1; byte > 0; byte--) {
+            bitplanes[plane][byte] ^= bitplanes[plane][byte - 1];
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(bitplanes);
+    return output_bytes;
 }
 
 //=============================================================================
@@ -657,10 +682,10 @@ size_t tad32_encode_chunk(const float *pcm32_stereo, size_t num_samples,
     quantize_dwt_coefficients(dwt_mid, quant_mid, num_samples, 1, num_samples, dwt_levels, quant_bits, NULL);
     quantize_dwt_coefficients(dwt_side, quant_side, num_samples, 1, num_samples, dwt_levels, quant_bits, NULL);
 
-    // Step 5: Encode with 2-bit significance map (32-bit version)
+    // Step 5: Encode with pure bitplanes (quant_bits + 1 bits per coefficient)
     uint8_t *temp_buffer = malloc(num_samples * 4 * sizeof(int32_t));
-    size_t mid_size = encode_sigmap_2bit(quant_mid, num_samples, temp_buffer);
-    size_t side_size = encode_sigmap_2bit(quant_side, num_samples, temp_buffer + mid_size);
+    size_t mid_size = encode_bitplanes(quant_mid, num_samples, temp_buffer, quant_bits);
+    size_t side_size = encode_bitplanes(quant_side, num_samples, temp_buffer + mid_size, quant_bits);
 
     size_t uncompressed_size = mid_size + side_size;
 
diff --git a/video_encoder/encoder_tad.h b/video_encoder/encoder_tad.h
index b78c7dd..6893e57 100644
--- a/video_encoder/encoder_tad.h
+++ b/video_encoder/encoder_tad.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define TAD32_QUALITY_MIN 0
 #define TAD32_QUALITY_MAX 5
 #define TAD32_QUALITY_DEFAULT 3
-#define TAD32_ZSTD_LEVEL 7
+#define TAD32_ZSTD_LEVEL 15
 
 /**
  * Encode audio chunk with TAD32 codec (PCM32f version)
diff --git a/video_encoder/encoder_tad_standalone.c b/video_encoder/encoder_tad_standalone.c
index e49551f..2c54cea 100644
--- a/video_encoder/encoder_tad_standalone.c
+++ b/video_encoder/encoder_tad_standalone.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     char *input_file = NULL;
     char *output_file = NULL;
-    int quality = TAD32_QUALITY_DEFAULT;
     int quant_bits = 7;  // Default QUANT_BITS
     int use_zstd = 1;
     int verbose = 0;
@@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 break;
             case 'q':
                 quant_bits = atoi(optarg);
-                if (quant_bits < 4 || quant_bits > 8) {
-                    fprintf(stderr, "Error: Quantization bits must be between 4 and 8\n");
+                if (quant_bits < 4 || quant_bits > 12) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Error: Quantization bits must be between 4 and 12\n");
                     return 1;
                 }
                 break;
@@ -116,7 +115,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         printf("%s\n", ENCODER_VENDOR_STRING);
         printf("Input: %s\n", input_file);
         printf("Output: %s\n", output_file);
-        printf("Significance map: 2-bit\n");
+        printf("Quant: %d\n", quant_bits);
+        printf("Encoding method: Pure bitplanes (%d bits per coefficient)\n", quant_bits + 1);
         printf("Zstd compression: %s\n", use_zstd ? "enabled" : "disabled");
     }
 
diff --git a/video_encoder/encoder_tav.c b/video_encoder/encoder_tav.c
index 31abdf3..2584aa5 100644
--- a/video_encoder/encoder_tav.c
+++ b/video_encoder/encoder_tav.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 #define TAD32_SIGMAP_2BIT 1  // 2-bit: 00=0, 01=+1, 10=-1, 11=other
 #define TAD32_QUALITY_MIN 0
 #define TAD32_QUALITY_MAX 5
-#define TAD32_ZSTD_LEVEL 7
+#define TAD32_ZSTD_LEVEL 15
 
 // DWT settings
 #define TILE_SIZE_X 640