Will the mp3 version of a song have the same quality of the original audio CD??

Answer 1

It depends on a couple of things. The bitrate is the most important thing. Because MP3 compresses audio files (and it takes out chunks of "irrelevant" data), at a low bitrate it can sound like audio from a bad radio.

Depending on the bitrate, you have a difference in the end size of the file (e.g. lower bitrate, lower filesize).

The higher bitrates give a true-er quality, but it's never *as* good as true CD audio.

thing is, unless you're an audiophile (and listen REALLY hard), at 128kbps, an MP3 track will sound just fine and is a decent compromise between size and quality.

Answer 2

It depends on a couple of things. The bitrate is the most important thing. Because MP3 compresses audio files (and it takes out chunks of "irrelevant" data), at a low bitrate it can sound like audio from a bad radio.


The higher bitrates give a true-er quality, but it's never *as* good as true CD audio.

thing is, unless you're an audiophile (and listen REALLY hard), at 128kbps, an MP3 track will sound just fine and is a decent compromise between size and quality.

Answer 3

Depends on the bitrate you use. For most people 128 kbps is cd quality; but for some people 160 to 196 kbps is cd quality. Use good quality earphones too.

Answer 4

no, but it also depends on how much you compress it. if you use 128kbps bit rate , then definetly no. if you use 320 the highest rate, then it'll be pretty close so that a human hear would not be able to tell the difference.