mp3 converter software, which one?

obieone
obieone Posts: 5,077
edited July 2009 in Music & Movies
I just did a search and found a bunch of different freewares that will convert mp3's to 'lossless' formats, so which one, and can they get the sonic quality back?
Thanks
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited July 2009
    No point to do that, you won't get the quality back.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2009
    O.K. so just to confirm, a couple of followup questions: Almost all my music is stored as data, and some of the tracks won't send a signal to the preouts>sub. Are the mp3's the most likely suspect?
    And there is NO software out there, free or otherwise, that will get the qality back?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited July 2009
    I think if you want to keep the best quality you must save the music (data) in the highest possible quality. The best I can do is 1.4 Mbps (bit rate). This preserves a good quality data source without the hassle of discs. You can then convert to any **** mp3 rate you want (some mp3 players automatically set the quality when sync-ing), but you can't go in reverse. Hope this helps.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2009
    Thanks for confirming my fears. Looks like I got some music to buy:o
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited July 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    Thanks for confirming my fears. Looks like I got some music to buy:o

    That is the reason why I have two folders on my computer for music. On the other folder I rip all my CD's as FLAC (lossless compression) and then I sync that folder with another where a script creates an mp3 if it isn't there already.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2009
    With the technology today, I don't see a reason for mp3's anymore. I can fit 2,000+ songs on a 8GB microSD card for my cell phone.
    Oh well. I'll have to go thru my library and make a list of all the music I have to replace.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited July 2009
    That's 2000 in mp3 format, much much less in lossless. I have about 3000 songs on my FLAC folder, it's around 80GB. For low end devices like iPod, mp3's are fine.
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