Posted by NRen2k5 on 07/03/07 19:30

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> Sorry, Joint Stereo is far inferior to proper stereo, to prove it
> beyond all doubt, encode the same track once in Joint Stereo, and
> once in Proper stereo, look at the file sizes, why is the Joint
> Stereo smaller? What information is discarded?

That proves nothing beyond all doubt but your own stupidity.

It isn’t called “proper stereo.” It’s called “left-right stereo.”

Joint stereo gives you better sound quality than left-right stereo at
the same filesize, or the same sound quality at a smaller filesize. It’s
better than left-right stereo.

> Answer, the stereo separation is far inferior on Joint Stereo, and
> the overall sound quality has a more compressed sound to it.

Prove it.

> This inferior encoding system was introduced in the days when a 1Gb
> disk drive was almost science fiction, and any way to save disk space
> was sought. Now there is no need to make this compromise.

No. Joint stereo is better than left-right stereo. Better media is no
reason to use a crappier encoding method at higher bitrates. If you
really want to do that, you can always use Layer 2 instead of Layer 3…
there are plenty of things you can do in more primitive ways just
because you decide it’s better.…

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