Any listening test Stereo vs Joint stereo in mp3? Options

[crazyman]

Hi all,

in many discussions I read about mp3 via Lame encoder the result is that the best solution is joint stereo. I believe in that as the developers who I highly esteem say so. But is this statement supported also by more independent listening tests? Especially I would be interested in comparison between --preset standard (joint stereo) and dtto with stereo mode.

Can the result in general depend also on the Lame version? From the tests I could read usually still the old good Lame 3.90.3 comes out as the winner.

Cheers,

Crazyman

[Gabriel]

Well, in your case intensity stereo is a good thing compared to l/r stereo, considering that UK DAB is something like 128kbps Layer II.

[2Bdecided]

Well, in your case intensity stereo is a good thing compared to l/r stereo, considering that UK DAB is something like 128kbps Layer II.

Well, yes, but the argument was that joint stereo was OK because (pointers to articles about mp3 joint stereo) - I was trying to argue that, if you _have_ to use joint stereo with mp2, then it can't be transparent - basically because the bitrate is too low.


btw (you people in other countries can have a good laugh about this if you want) - UK DAB digital radio is set to change - if the regulator gets its way, the 128kbps limit will be removed, and replaced by a -2.0 diff grade limit. No idea how this will be measured or enforced, but the broadcasters have reportedly asked for this change so they can move stations down to 112kbps mp2 joint stereo.

Won't that sound nice?

Some people think that DAB stands for Dead And Buried.

Cheers,
David.