John Rofrano has quoted that WAVs will always sound better than MP3 so stick to the Wavs.įact 8. An MP3 will never sound better than a Wav, no matter what kbps it’s at as it is all still lossy.įact 7. A WAV file can contain LPCM encoded data, ADPCM encoded data and even MP3 encoded data.įact 6. Perceptable hearing depends on the user and the amount of compression used.įact 5. That was the only reason for it to be used, thus causing quality loss. MP3 and other lossy formats exploit general human hearing to reduce file size. A WAV is lossless and uncompressed.įact 4. Storage is so affordable these days, there is no longer an argument for saving a lower quality file.įact 3. A 44,100 KHz 16 bit WAV has a full frequency response up to 22KHz where as a MP3 cuts off around the 18KHz mark. So anyway lets look at the facts about a full uncompressed WAV VS a compressed MP3 320 file.įact 1. In order to hear the differences, you need to know what a MP3 sound is, to distingush between an MP3 and the lossless file formats. We have gone on to train our ears to hear a lot more things. I have to thank him for letting me use that as a primary example. I took it upon myself to help train his ears, and now, he can also hear the difference and has become just as passionate about the subject as I have. I can hear this on high end studio monitors. The argument has even been had in our studio, where my studio partner initially didn’t believe me. I could go to your studio and prove the point that I can hear the difference between a 320 MP3 and a WAV. I thought I would back up my argument that 320 MP3s are awful horrible things, with facts. I just have a personal quest to make sure that music quality improves over all. If you like how something sounds, that is all that matters, and I would ask you to always sit back first and foremost and enjoy the music you listen to. How you listen to your music, and how you enjoy it is up to you. The sound quality debate is however subjective. You can’t learn anything about music if you don’t listen. I guess this has only come about since I started audio engineering, and learnt and discovered a lot about sound from listening. I’ve always had a bit of a bee in my bonnet about people who don’t play music at the highest quality possible.
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