A different way to convert MP3s ? (unusual)

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I ended up burning one of the songs as an MP3 and put that in an MP3 player. I took the output from the player and was able to record a wav file that actually sounds quite nice. No distortion like you would get from a digital conversion. Sometimes I like to work outside the box. :thumbs up:
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Huh? :wtf:

Ahhh...I hate to break it to you.....
...but you do realize that the output of the MP3 player comes from one digital conversion....and then recording that as WAV files happens as a SECOND digital conversion.

Had you simply burned the MP3 files onto an audio CD....it would have been less conversion and worked out fine.
 
miroslav said:
Huh? :wtf:

Ahhh...I hate to break it to you.....
...but you do realize that the output of the MP3 player comes from one digital conversion....and then recording that as WAV files comes from a SECOND digital conversion.

Had you simply burned the MP3 files onto an audio CD....it would have been less conversion and worked out fine.
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Miroslav is right.
Your described methodology really make sense.
You seem to be under the impression that a Wav file will sound better than an mp3, regardless of circumstances; Apologies if I'm putting words in your mouth.

There's no incentive whatsoever for you to obtain, create, or convert to a Wav file.
 
To be fair, I did also answer the question...

I think the OP's method is absurd, but he didn't apparently come here looking for advice, and honestly feels that it gave him the results he wanted better than doing it the "right way" that we've all tried to suggest. I guess there is the possibility that the distortion and noise added in the process of going to analog and back helps to mask some of the more objectionable mp3 artifacts, but...
 
If the OP somehow feels that his analog (via digital twice) recording sounds better than just burning a CD straight up then who are we to argue,
but I think most would agree his methods are unnecessary and the claimed benefits can't be substantiated.


The bottom line in this thing, assuming the OP isn't a troll, is in the original post.
NoiseySwitch said:
If you try to convert an MP3 to a WAV file (typical conversion program) the sound is a little rough.
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If you're finding the above to be true then there's something wrong.
 
Hey...I agree, if he likes the result...whatever works.
I was just pointing out that his joy about not getting any "distortion from digital conversion" is misguided since in fact there were two digital conversions with his method.

So maybe he actual LIKES the "distortion from digital conversion(S)"... ;) :D
 
miroslav said:
Hey...I agree, if he likes the result...whatever works.
I was just pointing out that his joy about not getting any "distortion from digital conversion" is misguided since in fact there were two digital conversions with his method.

So maybe he actual LIKES the "distortion from digital conversion(S)"... ;) :D
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I'm on your side, Miro.
My comment there was more out of reluctant necessity than anything else.
 
Smatterfact, just playing back an mp3 is about exactly a just-in-time conversion to the PCM data that your soundcard needs to see, which is quite the same thing as converting to .wav.

It is a fact, though, that somewhere in the to and from conversion of an mp3 sometimes peaks that were not "over" in the .wav end up going over digital zero. That will cause distortion when burning to CD, and I suppose it's possible depending on all kinds of other stuff that if you turn down the resulting signal before it hits the DAC that it might then not actually distort, or not quite as badly. OTOH, it's possible that something about the way this particular DAC and that particular ADC distort under these circumstances that sounds better than the pure digital clipping on top of the DAC distortion...

Still not the way I'd have done it.
 
You're missing the point

The original idea was to burn a CD for my brother. I tried converting these old jazz files with a computer program many months ago and the CD ended up sounding horrible ..... What I did (earphone jack out) sounded better, BUT perhaps something like a DAC would be superior. I had thought about an old preamp, but I don't think the impedance would be right.
There's too much chatter on this forum and not enough straightforward answers. I wish places like Amazon (where I got the files) would give you the option to download WAV files.

I don't think THEY want us to record anything
 
NoiseySwitch said:
The original idea was to burn a CD for my brother. I tried converting these old jazz files with a computer program many months ago and the CD ended up sounding horrible .....
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You're missing the point but that's fine. You're entitled to.
You seem obsessed with converting files and there really isn't any need.

For the third time, if you're burning to CD and it sounds bad, or worse than the mp3 file, you're doing something wrong.


NoiseySwitch said:
There's too much chatter on this forum and not enough straightforward answers.
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With respect, the straight forward answer is to dump your files in media player/itunes and hit burn.
All the chatter is coming from you.
 
NoiseySwitch said:
You're missing the point
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That's almost as funny as Hitler telling someone that they need anger management. :eek:
enough straightforward answers.
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You got the "straight forward answer" about 15 times in this thread.

There's an old saying.....but I can' remember it.......
 
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NoiseySwitch said:
The original idea was to burn a CD for my brother. I tried converting these old jazz files with a computer program many months ago and the CD ended up sounding horrible ..... What I did (earphone jack out) sounded better, BUT perhaps something like a DAC would be superior. I had thought about an old preamp, but I don't think the impedance would be right.
There's too much chatter on this forum and not enough straightforward answers. I wish places like Amazon (where I got the files) would give you the option to download WAV files.

I don't think THEY want us to record anything
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Either you can't read or you can't comprehend that which you do read! The answer to your question has been answered ad nauseam! LOL! Too much chatter indeed!:spank:
 
NoiseySwitch, could you post links to a sample of a bad sounding wave file and the mp3 it came from? I ask because I've never heard a wave sound different from its mp3 source. Dropbox would be a good way to host the files.
 
This is just another example of someone making something a lot more complicated than it should be. As suggested before you can do this simple CD conversion using ITunes, which is free, I do it all the time with stuff that has been sent to me via email and it sounds fine.

I should have got this out earlier.

:eatpopcorn::drunk:
 
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