diff --git a/dac/model/base.py b/dac/model/base.py
index 546b3cb..1fa4d95 100644
--- a/dac/model/base.py
+++ b/dac/model/base.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def get_output_length(self, input_length):
     def compress(
         self,
         audio_path_or_signal: Union[str, Path, AudioSignal],
-        win_duration: float = 1.0,
+        win_duration: float = 5.0,
         verbose: bool = False,
         normalize_db: float = -16,
         n_quantizers: int = None,
diff --git a/dac/model/dac.py b/dac/model/dac.py
index eb754b2..5aabbda 100644
--- a/dac/model/dac.py
+++ b/dac/model/dac.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ def __init__(self, input_dim: int = 16, output_dim: int = 8, stride: int = 1):
                 kernel_size=2 * stride,
                 stride=stride,
                 padding=math.ceil(stride / 2),
+                output_padding=1, # https://github.com/descriptinc/descript-audio-codec/pull/44/files
             ),
             ResidualUnit(output_dim, dilation=1),
             ResidualUnit(output_dim, dilation=3),