Re: 128kbps is not cd quality
  By: August Abolins to Jason Vierik on Wed Jun 18 2003 11:07 pm

 >   JV> Nope..  You are wrong..  MP3 uses compression..
 > 
 > MP3 compression is not the same as the regular compression of typical data
 > files.  MP3 audio compression is LOSSY; inotherwords, some audio data is
 > permanently removed and therefore this cannot represent "cd
quality".  You c
 > prove it to yourself by trying to "save" an 128kbps  MP3
file back to an
 > original 10-time size 1411kbps "cd quality" file and have
the EXACT same fil
 > the simple answer is that it cannot be done.


You can encode an MP3 back to a WAV and it will be of the same quality.

Jason - KC8SZU
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