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brian666
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audio quality

Post by brian666 » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:55 pm

I am downloading mp3 128kb/s music files, i then turn them into wav files using
audacity, i then send the files to windows media player to burn to cd.
My queries are a) will my cd be noticeably different to the original cd. b) would
using a different programme say nero give better audio quality on my cd. c) how
does audacity turn mp3 into wav.

My thanks to any responders.

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Re: audio quality

Post by waxcylinder » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:53 pm

If you have reasonably good ears and reasinably good equipment - the MP3s at 128 will not be as good as the original CDs. 256 would be much better - close to CD quality.

Turning your MP3s into WAVs will not add back the missing audio that was thrown away when the Mp3 was originally compressed - it's gone forever. It does, as you know, though let you burn CDs from the WAVs.

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