Originally Posted by
adaywayne
How about going say M4P to WAV to MP3, w/same bitrate and everything? I'd think there's just gotta be a way to preserve quality converting in a digital medium!
A bit off-topic but I loved Flanders and Swan. To get back on topic, Bill, try
starting with an 8-bit, 22050Hz, mono wave file. Convert it to 16-bit, 44100, stereo and then convert that back to 8-bit, 22050Hz, mono. Now, repeat that process, listeneing to the mono file after each iteration. By the third time you should notice quite a difference. After 6 iterations it will sound horrible, and after 10 iterations it will be virtually unplayable (turn your speakers down first!)
Happy festive season and healthy 2005 to all.
Arnie