There's no doubt that M4A/AAC does sound better than MP3 if converting from a lossless format first.
If the subject line is a true reflection of the discussion then the conversion will actually end up in quality loss thus the resulting M4A/AAC files produced will sound a little worse than the original MP3 files did. On 2 Feb 2014, at 10:31 am, Steve Nutt <st...@comproom.co.uk> wrote: > 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
