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Which is better sounding as far as sound quality goes.mp3 or aac?

2010
03.19
SANDY asked:


Audio Formats
(Codec)
MP3 Media File format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer3) file format
File extension: .mp3
Bit rate: 32 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency*1: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
WMA Media File format: ASF file format
File extension: .wma
Bit rate: 32 to 192 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency*1: 16, 22.05, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz (Stereo)
8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 32, 44.1 kHz (Mono)
* Compatible with WM-DRM 10
AAC-LC*2 Media File format: MP4 file format
File extension: .mp4, .m4a
Bit rate: 16 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))*3
Sampling frequency*1: 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
(Stereo/Mono)
Linear PCM Media File format: Wave-Riff file format
File extension: .wav
Bit rate: 1,411 kbps
Sampling frequency*1: 44.1 kHz (Stereo/Mono)
these formats and sampling rates and bit rates are what my player can handle it is only a 4GB player and my whole collection will not fit on it in LPCM obviously.

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One Response to “Which is better sounding as far as sound quality goes.mp3 or aac?”

  1. Lyrical Lie says:
    March 21, 2010 at 9:44 am

    For me aac works perfectly fine and the sound quality is pretty much the same compared to even some 320kps songs I got. It takes up less space than mp3s so it’s a plus either way, but the only problem is it takes ages converting each one to be aac.

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