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I splashed out on some CDJs the other day. Basically, is it worth the trouble converting files to wav before I burn them to CD? I know wav files generally have better sound quality but am I really going to be losing sleep over it or shall I just rip tunes to CD as they are in mp3?

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Wavs or 320s dont really matter which

MP3 to Wav means you're converting a lossy format to a lossless format. It's called a transcode, and it's a really really bad idea.

If there already mp3's burn them as they are. They are only better quality if they were rendered as WAVs.

Burning an mp3 into a WAV is like re-encoding a 96kbps mp3 into a 320kbps mp3, it will still carry the same sound quality of the original.

The_Dza88 wrote:Wavs or 320s dont really matter which

There are those who would beg to differ, especially when played through a well set up system. I personally think it's a bit " ", but could well be true, either way I prefer to listen to something that sounds good, full, open, clear, low and loud whichever way it gets to the speakers.

Lojik wrote:Burning an mp3 into a WAV is like re-encoding a 96kbps mp3 into a 320kbps mp3, it will still carry the same sound quality of the original.

No, quality will actually decrease.

Hydrogen Audio wrote:Every time you encode with a lossy encoder, the quality will decrease.

like whats been said, you cant convert up once you've done yor mixdown...

most definitly .wav over mp3!! maybe over shitty headphones it wont be a big deal but play it on a 10 - 20 k rig and you'll definitly hear the difference

if your getting 320s off the net then leaving them as mp3s and using data discs is I think the best way to go. you can have 60 tracks on a cd instead of 12 or so

Caeraphym wrote:

The_Dza88 wrote:Wavs or 320s dont really matter which

There are those who would beg to differ, especially when played through a well set up system. I personally think it's a bit " ", but could well be true, either way I prefer to listen to something that sounds good, full, open, clear, low and loud whichever way it gets to the speakers.

But when your at a club fucked and skanking to the music you carnt really tell the difference i dont think

some CDJ's (cdj800 mk1) do not play mp3's

if you go to a gig and the cdj's don't play mp3's, you are screwed

so I burn like 2-4 tunes per cd, and I use the standard CDDA red book audio format so I never have this happen.

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FSTZ wrote:some CDJ's (cdj800 mk1) do not play mp3's

if you go to a gig and the cdj's don't play mp3's, you are screwed

so I burn like 2-4 tunes per cd, and I use the standard CDDA red book audio format so I never have this happen.

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Yeah this has happened. Use wav.

WAVS I THINK ARE BEST

Either way, when you burn it on a CD it's going to be CD audio.

If it was originally MP3 or Wav won't matter.



But do NOT transcode your mp3s to wav.

wait, so if i take mp3a and load them into audacity to edit them, and i export them as WAV (my only option) they will sound worse?????

damnit, i wanted to fix all the beginings to my tracks for my gig friday so i dont have to search they are right at play.