quick mp3 question

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Kev

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Originally posted by: OIKOS
..... a quick question.....

if u burn songs as .wav on the cd... CD players will be able to play it?????

lol.... thanks

only special WAV cd-players made by hitachi.

they cost between 300 - 500 Great Britain Pounds
 

OIKOS

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: Entity
If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob



Why does MP3 -> Wav lose quality?
Are you serious?
man....By definition, mp3 is a losey compression scheme.

Right, but I would figure going to wav wouldn't lose anything. I understand the other way around, but I thought that if you convert your mp3 to a wav file, your wav file will be the same quality as the source mp3.

It will. You don't lose quality converting to wav, but you lost quality in the original conversion to MP3.







man..... :frown: WAV --> MP3 = loose quality?????????? :frown:
 

tweakmm

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Short answer: You will loose quality burning at 42x as opposed to 8x because of jitter
Long Answer: Nobody is going to have the equipment to tell
 

Operandi

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Short answer: You will loose quality burning at 42x as opposed to 8x because of jitter
Long Answer: Nobody is going to have the equipment to tell

Exactly... tests can show a quality differance but it's not somthing anyone is going to be able to hear.
 

tweakmm

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Originally posted by: Operandi
Short answer: You will loose quality burning at 42x as opposed to 8x because of jitter
Long Answer: Nobody is going to have the equipment to tell

Exactly... tests can show a quality difference but it's not something anyone is going to be able to hear.
No, there are people who can hear the difference, but you need a very accurate system.
 

Entity

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: Entity
If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob



Why does MP3 -> Wav lose quality?
Are you serious?
By definition, mp3 is a losey compression scheme.

Right, but I would figure going to wav wouldn't lose anything. I understand the other way around, but I thought that if you convert your mp3 to a wav file, your wav file will be the same quality as the source mp3.

It will. You don't lose quality converting to wav, but you lost quality in the original conversion to MP3.
Ding ding! :D

Rob