No, I don't think so. Was: [vorbis] Vorbis 1.0 binary - Beta4 still the best?

[Aleksandar Dovnikovic]

"Monty" <xiphmont at xiph.org> wrote:

> This particular mode is indeed very good, but it is also much higher
> bitrate than the others you had been listening to.  Garf's GT2
> functions at a q level of approximately 8 or 9, where stereo is losslesly
> coupled in all Vorbis encoder versions, including rc3, rc4 and 1.0.
> The primary difference in Garf's mode is that he allocates a
> comparatively huge number of bits to impulse blocks.

And that primary difference is why I'd recommend using GT2 if
someone wants to use -q above, say, 8.5, because it definitely has
less pre-echo (actually I couldn't hear any pre-echo at all) and
the average bitrate is similar, or even smaller if you compare it
with > q9.0 bitrates.

<p>Aleksandar

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