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  • Wensceles

    • Dec 2006
    • 1

    #1

    Wave quality

    I was wondering whether there is a difference in wave quality when you convert e.g. MP3 to wave. Are there different wave codec's available, like Lame for MP3? Is there a quality difference? Of course I know that you can not improve MP3 quality by wave conversion, but when you want to burn a CD from your MP3 than you need to convert to wave.
  • Spoon
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 45553

    #2
    Re: Wave quality

    Wave mp3 is lossy, so there would be a further loss of quality.
    Spoon
    www.dbpoweramp.com

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    • ChristinaS
      dBpoweramp Supporter
      • Apr 2004
      • 4097

      #3
      Re: Wave quality

      Originally posted by Wensceles
      I was wondering whether there is a difference in wave quality when you convert e.g. MP3 to wave. Are there different wave codec's available, like Lame for MP3? Is there a quality difference? Of course I know that you can not improve MP3 quality by wave conversion, but when you want to burn a CD from your MP3 than you need to convert to wave.
      dCW can burn an audio CD directly from mp3's, it will do the needed conversions internally.

      So can Nero.

      But I believe mp3 to uncompressed 16-bit 44.1KHz 2-ch stereo PCM wav ought to preserve the audio quality of the mp3 - neither better, nor worse. Any other (compressed) wav format is going to be lossy as Spoon says.
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      • fido083

        • Dec 2006
        • 2

        #4
        Re: Wave quality

        Wensceles, I understand your question but I do not know the answer. Curious myself.

        Should we us musicmatch to convert to .wav first, or dbpoweramp, or lame --decode?

        Or just allow the burning software do it for you?

        Another way to ask would be: Do some players play mp3s with better quality than others? Can some players decode mp3 better?

        If anyone can answer please do....

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