Re: [MP3 ENCODER] mid/side stereo at 160kbs?

[Anonymous]

> 
> Default behavior should be the most sensible behavior. If no such thing
> exists (is there a good reason to drop joint stereo?), then just keep it
> the same to be consistent.
> 

2 reasons to drop jstereo at higher bit rates:

1. LAME jstereo sometimes turns on mid/side stereo when it should not.
2. FhG encoder, which is unquestionably the highest quality, doesn't
   appear to use jstereo at 160kbs and higher. 

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