A decoder system for providing a stereo signal by complex prediction stereo coding, the decoder system comprising: an upmix stage (206, 207, 210, 211; 306, 307, 308, 309, 312; 406, 407, 408, 409; 1410; 1421; 1433) adapted to generate the stereo signal based on first frequency-domain representations of a downmix signal and a residual signal, each of the first frequency-domain representations comprising first spectral components representing spectral content of the corresponding signal expressed in a first subspace of a multidimensional space, the upmix stage comprising: a module (206; 306, 307; 408) for computing a second frequency-domain representation of the downmix signal based on the first frequency-domain representation thereof, the second frequency-domain representation comprising second spectral components representing spectral content of the signal expressed in a second subspace of the multidimensional space that includes a portion of the multidimensional space not included in the first subspace; a weighted summer (210, 211; 308, 309; 406, 407) for computing a side signal on the basis of the first and second frequency-domain representations of the downmix signal, the first frequency-domain representation of the residual signal and a complex prediction coefficient (α) encoded in a bit stream signal; and a sum-and-difference stage (207; 312; 409) for computing the stereo signal on the basis of the first frequency-domain representation of the downmix signal and the side signal, wherein the upmix stage is adapted to apply independent bandwidth limits for the downmix signal and the residual signal; wherein the bandwidth limits indicate for each of the downmix signal and the residual signal a highest frequency band to be decoded. an upmix stage (206, 207, 210, 211; 306, 307, 308, 309, 312; 406, 407, 408, 409; 1410; 1421; 1433) adapted to generate the stereo signal based on first frequency-domain representations of a downmix signal and a residual signal, each of the first frequency-domain representations comprising first spectral components representing spectral content of the corresponding signal expressed in a first subspace of a multidimensional space, the upmix stage comprising: a module (206; 306, 307; 408) for computing a second frequency-domain representation of the downmix signal based on the first frequency-domain representation thereof, the second frequency-domain representation comprising second spectral components representing spectral content of the signal expressed in a second subspace of the multidimensional space that includes a portion of the multidimensional space not included in the first subspace; a weighted summer (210, 211; 308, 309; 406, 407) for computing a side signal on the basis of the first and second frequency-domain representations of the downmix signal, the first frequency-domain representation of the residual signal and a complex prediction coefficient (α) encoded in a bit stream signal; and a sum-and-difference stage (207; 312; 409) for computing the stereo signal on the basis of the first frequency-domain representation of the downmix signal and the side signal, a module (206; 306, 307; 408) for computing a second frequency-domain representation of the downmix signal based on the first frequency-domain representation thereof, the second frequency-domain representation comprising second spectral components representing spectral content of the signal expressed in a second subspace of the multidimensional space that includes a portion of the multidimensional space not included in the first subspace; a weighted summer (210, 211; 308, 309; 406, 407) for computing a side signal on the basis of the first and second frequency-domain representations of the downmix signal, the first frequency-domain representation of the residual signal and a complex prediction coefficient (α) encoded in a bit stream signal; and a sum-and-difference stage (207; 312; 409) for computing the stereo signal on the basis of the first frequency-domain representation of the downmix signal and the side signal, wherein the upmix stage is adapted to apply independent bandwidth limits for the downmix signal and the residual signal; wherein the bandwidth limits indicate for each of the downmix signal and the residual signal a highest frequency band to be decoded.