quoted 2 lines if you make a VBR file you are punching the midrange of the sound right in
>if you make a VBR file you are punching the midrange of the sound right in
>the gut.
how do you figure?
i still havn't heard a good argument against VBR. it's theoretically best
because it will dynamically assign a frame size basic on content. in
practice VBR is only as good as the encoder you use, but by the same token
so is a constant bitrate mp3. your mp3 is only as good as your encoder.
the real question with fixed bitrate vs VBR should be this: is the algorithm
which determines frame size going to pick a large enough value for the
frame? if you don't trust LAME to pick this value correctly, how can you
trust it to correctly decide which parts of the music are expendable?
personally i trust that the frame size picking algorithm is at least as good
as the algorithm which decides what sound to eliminate.
as for joint stereo i think it's preferable to true stereo, but i wouldn't
claim to be an expert on the specifics. again, your mp3 is only as good as
your encoder. most of the info on www.r3mix.net is quite good and worth
reading over (although their myths section is bullshit).
cheers
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