[Starcat]

Originally Posted by musicidiot

Hi,
Is it avaliable that mp3 files can be converted to WAV format and its sound quality is the same as the original CDs?
If there is a way doing that, could you tell me how?

Best,
mi

Hi musicidiot,

Unfortunately, it's not possible to do what you asked.
When an original WAV CD is converted to mp3, some of the original sound is lost, and that cannot be restored.
Your best bet is to download your mp3's at the highest possible quality, which will give you the closest thing to CD quality sound you can get from mp3's.

[musicidiot]

Hi Starcat,

Many thanks for your reply. I'm curious why ape900 format can be converted to wav format and then we can get the same sound quality as the original CDs unlike mp3?

Best,
mi

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by musicidiot

Hi Starcat,

Many thanks for your reply. I'm curious why ape900 format can be converted to wav format and then we can get the same sound quality as the original CDs unlike mp3?

Best,
mi

ape900

[jasn]

Originally Posted by pouche

hi jasn
sparks actually offers two versions of the aqualung CD. the 'original', crappy one (listed as #24 under 'Tull Albums') and the 25th anniversary version (listed as #8 under 'Tull Albums') which is much, much better.

all of the later, master tape, remastered, etc. versions contain more than the 11 original LP songs...so that is always an easy clue.

the first 'best of Tull', called 'M.U.', has a remastered version of locamotive breath - a song i like a whole lot. and it, compared to the original or 25th anniversary version, is a great example of a remastering gone horribly wrong.
mind you, i say this as a true lover of guitar! but the version on M.U. has the guitar brought far, far too forward - almost to the point it interferes with the vocal - totally disrupting the balance of all the instruments and is a great example of someone remastering the original and (at least in my opinion) doing a terrible job of doing so.

Thx much. I don't know how I missed the anniversary edition the first time. Off to the site!

[benv]

Originally Posted by vikulenka

ape900

I'm guessing s/he means .ape?

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It's a lossless format, whereas an MP3 is a lossy format, and as mentioned you can't get the data back. Why you would want to convert from a lossless format to WAV though, I dunno...