Mp3 to Mp4 to FLAC to 96khz/24bit Oh My!

[Ripperman]

I need a straight answer to this issue. I originally ripped a number of files to mp3 128kps. I later imported them into iTunes and had iTunes convert them to mp4 128kps. Still later I used dbpoweramp to convert the mp4's to FLAC and used the DSP functions on dbpoweramp to resample the file to 96khz and change the bit rate to 24bit. When I rip a cd I rip it to these specs in order to get a hi-res 96khz/24bit lossless FLAC file.

Now that you know the conversion history of these files, are the files I converted and resampled a true 96khz/24bit lossless FLAC file as the ones I rip from the original cd, or are they just bloated files which are not really any better quality.

[Spoon]

Re: Mp3 to Mp4 to FLAC to 96khz/24bit Oh My!

> or are they just bloated files which are not really any better quality.

They are this, once quality is lost (by going to mp3) it is gone for good.

[Ripperman]

Re: Mp3 to Mp4 to FLAC to 96khz/24bit Oh My!

Thanks Spoon. The good thing is that I have most of my original cd's so I can re-rip them. The bad news is that I have most of my original cd's so I can re-rip them.