trevu
Sep 20, 2008, 09:23 AM
Could someone who actually knows the definitive answer please lend me a hand with the following questions....
1) If I have a mp3 file encoded at 192kbps with LAME 3.97 from an unknown source (hopefully the original CD, but this could be an issue) and then I export it to AIFF in quicktime Pro, do I now have essentially a CD quality version of the same track? I have some orchestral classical music at mp3 192kbps and some excellent headphones which will really bring out the rich sound IF this is an accurate assumption. I have tried it and listened to it and I think I hear this increased depth to the sound, but its not as obvious as I expected.....I figured my logic may be flawed. I guess the source quality of the file that was compressed to mp3 holds the key.
2) If I have an album bought from the itunes store at 128kbps aac and I burn it to a CD as an audio CD, do I now have in my hand essentially a CD with the songs at the same quality as the original CD source, i.e. itunes expands the compressed files back, OR do i have tracks in AIFF format but limited to the quality of the compressed file. Obviously you can change the format of any music file, but not necessarily de-compressing it out to its original quality.
Ta
1) If I have a mp3 file encoded at 192kbps with LAME 3.97 from an unknown source (hopefully the original CD, but this could be an issue) and then I export it to AIFF in quicktime Pro, do I now have essentially a CD quality version of the same track? I have some orchestral classical music at mp3 192kbps and some excellent headphones which will really bring out the rich sound IF this is an accurate assumption. I have tried it and listened to it and I think I hear this increased depth to the sound, but its not as obvious as I expected.....I figured my logic may be flawed. I guess the source quality of the file that was compressed to mp3 holds the key.
2) If I have an album bought from the itunes store at 128kbps aac and I burn it to a CD as an audio CD, do I now have in my hand essentially a CD with the songs at the same quality as the original CD source, i.e. itunes expands the compressed files back, OR do i have tracks in AIFF format but limited to the quality of the compressed file. Obviously you can change the format of any music file, but not necessarily de-compressing it out to its original quality.
Ta
