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A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby manofmystery » Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:31 pm

Hi,

Probably like most people to save space I converted all my Shadows tracks to MP3. Now my storage space is almost limitless, Would I be able to convert the MP3 back to a WAV file and keep the same original quality or would it be better to convert from the original CD's to obtain the high quality.

Mind you my ears are 61 years old, would I really notice!!

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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby Alan Taylor » Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:34 pm

Yes, you can convert back to WAV but the sound quality will be no better than your existing MP3s.

Rip 'em again and you won't have to worry about whether it's your copy or your ears!
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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby manofmystery » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:34 pm

Thanks for your reply.

Just converted some files but noticed that there is no way to enter track information such as Artist; Year etc in the file. Looked on Internet and it says that information is very limited. Therefore when I play a WAV file it says artist unknown.

Is this correct?
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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby Didier » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:36 am

manofmystery wrote:Thanks for your reply.

Just converted some files but noticed that there is no way to enter track information such as Artist; Year etc in the file. Looked on Internet and it says that information is very limited. Therefore when I play a WAV file it says artist unknown.

Is this correct?

There are utilities to edit track informations on mp3 files, I am using Tag Scanner.

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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby Iain Purdon » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:11 pm

manofmystery wrote:Mind you my ears are 61 years old, would I really notice?

That's the key question! We all have different sensitivities to sound quality. Once you are satisfied something is good enough, there's not a lot of point in trying to go better.
If you like the sound of your mp3s, you're fine.
If not, you need to start again with high quality versions: your mp3s cannot be made to sound any better because file converters can't put in information that isn't there, and your mp3s will have had information removed to make them fit the mp3 file format.
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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby manofmystery » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:47 pm

Hi,

Thanks for the answers. I've convert tracks from each of the Shadows Bass Player eras for an example. I've played the MP3 and the WAV. Cannot really hear any difference, both files sound identical with these ears. No doubt someone younger would listen and not understand why I cannot hear certain frequencies now but they will learn!!!!

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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby nivramarvin » Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:46 pm

My ears are 74 years old and I still can't hear a difference ;-). Nevertheless I save most of my audio files in AAC-format, because I can't rule out that someone else can hear a difference.
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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby Iain Purdon » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:00 pm

... but they’d have to know a difference existed in the first place ;)

As Joe Meek said, “if it sounds right it is right.”
And you’re the judge :D
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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby JimN » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:01 am

Mp3 files of today can be a lot better than they were when the format first appeared.

In the 1990s, possibly due to over-compression and under-sampling in an effort to save bandwidth and storage space, many mp3 files used to sound "whooshy", as though they'd been run through a phaser effect.
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Re: A Question On MP3 and WAV

Postby Didier » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:49 am

JimN wrote:Mp3 files of today can be a lot better than they were when the format first appeared.

In the 1990s, possibly due to over-compression and under-sampling in an effort to save bandwidth and storage space, many mp3 files used to sound "whooshy", as though they'd been run through a phaser effect.

As long as you use at least 128 kbps you have a sound good enough for most audio systems.
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