Does burning mp3's as .cda make it sound better?

[Cawchy87]

I salvaged a few older CD's by using the toothpaste trick (thanks ATOT) and ripped them to my computer at 128kb/s. Would it sound better in my car cd player if I burn it as an audio CD (ie .cda and takes up a lot more room on the cd) or as an mp3 CD (and fit all the cd's on one disc).

Basicly, is there any sound differance between burning mp3's in the format of an audio disc (.cda) or an mp3 disc (.mp3).

128kb/s .mp3 -> .cda = better sound quality?

128kb/s .mp3 -> .mp3 disc = same as above quality?

Thanks for any input!

 

[Gurck]

Will sound the same. Mp3 and other lossy formats compress music by discarding some (actually most) of the data. You don't get that data back by converting it to a higher bitrate.

 

[Cawchy87]

Awsome! Thanks!

 

[VicodiN]

I firmly believe that it depends on the actual player... In my car CD/mp3 player, it sounds considerably better when I burn my mp3s as cda.... The sound is much crisper and is as close to the actual CD as I could get. I usually prefer to rip to at LEAST 192kbps, but I prefer 192-320 -extreme...

 

[Cawchy87]

What kind of car cd player do you have? I have an alpine 9833.

 

[gorcorps]

The system definately defines the sound. For example, I used to rip cds @ 196 for my mp3 player. I started ripping too >300 and didn't notice a difference at first. But I bought some new and better headphones, and now I can definately tell the difference.

If you have a good car system, it will sound better @ any bitrate. But, the higher bitrates will sound better and you will notice also.

 

[Cawchy87]

Are you talking about what bit rates I rip with, or which I burn with? Thanks for the input!

 

[gorcorps]

rip with, sorry for the mix up.

 

[gorcorps]

oh, and I've been searching but cant find any toothpaste trick. Could you point me towards it or tell me?

EDIT: nvm, I got some stuff on it (hair conditioner too!)

 

[Cawchy87]

When you have a cd that is badly scratched you can buff it down using toothpaste and a paper towel. It takes a long time and leaves your cd scratched to hell, but you can get it to be read-able by "smoothing" out the surface. Think of it as insted of a few big scratches, you just make a lot of tiny litttle ones . At any rate, it works.

And a link to boot! http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1555806&enterthread=y

 

[gorcorps]

Thnx. Ya I read that it scratches the discs more, and I don't really wanna do that. I'll try the hair conditioner trick I saw first, as that doesn't require too much rubbing or scratching.

 

[Cawchy87]

Yep, pretty much a last resort. I should have taken a pic of one of the cd's once I was done with it. Thanks for your help everyone!