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wave files vs. mp3?

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DarkDrake

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I just used Isobuster to pull off wave files of an In Flames CD that was special edition and would not play in computer because of stupid screensavers and themes crap - so I have the waves on my computer now, and they sound pretty good - but they are like 30mb each.. I would compress them into mp3's if I cared enough, but what I was wondering is how does the quality of a 44khz/16 wav compare to an mp3? would I be better off just sticking with the wave? I cant tell if it sounds better right now because its late at night... if they sound better ill just keep them how they are. Thanks
 
If you have cheap speakers you might not notice the difference.

I started re-ripping all my stuff to FLAC after I replaced my speakers and started getting annoyed by MP3 quality.

There's a bunch of lossless compression formats out there if you want to read up on it first instead of going with my choice. :)
 
unless you're some crazy audiophile than I don't think you'll notice. Try a program like EAX or CDEX to compress the WAV files to mp3 with a bitrate of 256kb or 320kb.
 
*cackles* :eek:

If you're doing MP3 320, you might as well just go with lossless anyway. But you're unlikely to notice much difference between those like you might between MP3 128 and lossless.

CDex is an awesome program.
 
DarkDrake said:
how does the quality of a 44khz/16 wav compare to an mp3? would I be better off just sticking with the wave?
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To my ears, and everybodies are different, on my stereo setup I can tell the difference up to about 256Kbps. So I'd encode a bunch of mp3's and try to come up with the best quality/size ratio. You could also try OGG and MPC which are better than mp3, but it's best to stay with mp3 for compatibility I think.
 
Oh yeah, one of the reasons I went with FLAC was its mobile device support...most lossless codecs don't have anything that can play them.

MP3 is still by far the most rampantly supported one, so you're probably best off going with that if it's an issue for you. Or just go lossless then convert a copy to MP3 as needed...
 
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