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Re: WBRS Brandeis Radio?



At 08:56 PM 9/28/2003, rogerkirk wrote:
>VBR (Variable Bit Rate) mp3 compression with a 320kbps max and 128kbps 
>minimum and joint stereo yields an average bit rate of 176K using the LAME 
>encoder.  Wouldn't that be better than 256?


I wouldn't think so....why would an average that's LOWER than a fixed bit 
rate of 256 be better?

Besides, VBR MP3's are quirky as hell in some players - I don't trust 
them.  Joint stereo doesn't sound as good to me, either.

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