diff --git a/src/Modules/Id3v2.php b/src/Modules/Id3v2.php
index 5641439..124c6b4 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Id3v2.php
+++ b/src/Modules/Id3v2.php
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ private function parseItem(&$frames)
 
         switch ($encoding) {
             case self::HAS_BOM:
+                $value = Bom::removeBom($value);
                 break;
             case self::UTF_16:
                 $value = "\xFE\xFF" . $value;
@@ -167,11 +168,8 @@ private function parseItem(&$frames)
             case self::UTF_8:
                 break;
             default:
-                $value = utf8_encode($value);
         }
 
-        $value = Bom::removeBom($value);
-
         # Strings are unreliably terminated with nulls, so just strip any that are present
         $value = rtrim($value, "\0");
 
diff --git a/tests/Modules/Id3v2Test.php b/tests/Modules/Id3v2Test.php
index e0be3e2..5979173 100644
--- a/tests/Modules/Id3v2Test.php
+++ b/tests/Modules/Id3v2Test.php
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ public function testUtf16WithBom()
         $module = $this->getEncoded();
         assertSame("To Speak, to Listen", $module->getAlbum());
     }
+    public function testWin1251()
+    {
+        $file = new File(__DIR__ . "/../data/cp1251.mp3");
+        $module = new Id3v2();
+        $module->open($file);
+        assertSame("Аквариум", iconv("cp1251", "utf-8", $module->getArtist()));
+    }
     public function testUtf16WithoutBom()
     {
         $module = $this->getEncoded();
diff --git a/tests/data/cp1251.mp3 b/tests/data/cp1251.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2f0d61
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