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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!!

Best wishes

Paul

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!

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?

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.

Didier

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.

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!!!!

Regards

Paul

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.

... 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

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.

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.