They sound similar, my real point here is that the more conversion decoding/encoding that takes place then the more loss of quality results.
Each to their own but the way you've done thing here is not the way I'd done them. Firstly I wouldn't have bothered with such high bit rates when intially converting to MP3, I would have used VBR - after setting the encoding options properly - that would have given you a much smaller file size thus you wouldn't have needed to convert anything at all, encoding would have been far more efficient and loss of quality limited etc. The other way you could go - if you can still get hold of the source material you encoded - is to encode directly to FLac and then convert to AAC/M4A, just making these comments for future reference and I appreciate that no one wants to rip a whole CD collection again but often its very worth while, I had everything once in MP3 but now its all FLAC thus I can convert to any audio format under the planet as often as required without any loss in quality etc. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:41 am, Evan Reese <ment...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > Yup, this is true. I've converted thousands of 256- and 320-kbps mp3 files to > variable bit 128-kbps m4a and they sound great. And they're considerably > smaller, which was my original reason for converting them. > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <st...@comproom.co.uk> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 6:31 PM > Subject: RE: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter > > > Hi, > > I disagree. M4A sounds better than MP3 at the equivalent bit rate. So a > 128KB M4A sounds more like a 192 MP3. MP3 is the worst kind of compression > out there. > > All the best > > Steve > > -- > Computer Room Services > 77 Exeter Close > Stevenage > Hertfordshire > SG1 4PW > Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 > Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 > Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 > Email: st...@comproom.co.uk > Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: 01 February 2014 23:23 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Looking for a New mp3 to m4a Converter > > Dumb question I'm sure but why do you want to convert from MP3 to M4A or > AAC? Mp3 should play just as well and you're certainly not gaining anything > in audio quality doing this as you're converting from 1 lossee format to > another thus losing quality in the conversion anyway. > > If it helps I use the Switch Audio File Converter. > > > On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:15 am, Evan Reese <ment...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I've been using the Freemake Audio Converter since March of 2012 with good > results. However lately, it's been having trouble opening multiple files, > and the conversions it makes play in Winamp just fine, but they cause my > Book Sense fits. I have to remove the battery to get it to speak correctly > after trying to play one of these. I've converted several hundred CDs with > it and those play in my Book Sense just fine, but the most recent dozen > albums or so are having this trouble. >> >> Well, I tried an uninstall and reinstall, but that did not go well because > apparently it didn't really uninstall, because when I tried a conversion > after reinstalling it, it remembered the last album I did, and it also > remembered where I told it to store the converted files, which is not where > it stores them if you don't change it. And, needless to say, the files I > converted after a reinstall aren't any better. >> >> So I think I'm gonna have to switch to another converter. I found some on > Google that say they convert mp3 to m4a, but I don't know how accessible > they are. So that's what I'm hoping someone here can help me with. >> >> I'd appreciate any advice. This Freemake Audio Converter is accessible, > and a cinch to run, and I did thousands of files with it, but apparently > I've got to get something else. >> >> Thanks much for any suggestions. >> >> Evan >> > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > > > > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954
