What is a compressed "Wave file"?

[music_man_mpc]

Originally posted by isamu
I don't underastand how so people came to the agreement that mp3s, even encoded at 256k or at a high VBR sounds as good or clear as the original CD. WAKE UP peoople!!! You've been duped! There is, and will always be a noticeable difference!

Sounds like you should join HydrogenAudio .

If you want the best quality out of mp3 possible, see my last post. You can also use --alt-preset extreme and --alt-preset insane, although the difference in filesize is quite large and the gain in quality is almost negligible.

If you think you can hear the difference between --alt-preset standard and the origonal go to HydrogenAudio and read up on ABX. This is the only way to prove that you are not falling victim to a placebo.