MP3 or WAV file

[djaparz]

If i burn cds as an MP3 file will i be able to put more tracks on a disc thanif i burned them as a WAV file?

[deepspell]

yes....Mp3's are compressed files

[djaparz]

and it will sound the same as a WAV file???

[deepspell]

maybe A LITTLE less quality...but nothing the human ear can really pick up....unless its REALLY shitty quality .wav

[djaparz]

ok one last dumb question - all my set ups have dennon dual players - they play mps - but sometimes i do lounges and stuff and they have pioneer or numark - will mpe burned to cd play in these players?

[deepspell]

yea u should be fine. usualy those types of players, unless they are the older ones...play CD-R.....remember though.....i dont think all of them play CD-RW...

[djaparz]

thanks for the info

[deepspell]

no prob

[mahalomenehune]

mp3's are much better. Incase u ever get an mp3 players u can always transfer the songs from the cd bak to the computer and straight onto the mp3 players

[choptrop]

maybe A LITTLE less quality...but nothing the human ear can really pick up....unless its REALLY shitty quality .wav

Agreed, in smaller rooms your ok, but in bigger venues you hear the difference..

[dkny8]

Agreed, in smaller rooms your ok, but in bigger venues you hear the difference..

The difference is negligible. Believe me, there are many big name DJs, even those that spin at Crobar and Spirit for example, that use 320kbps MP3s that they've burned to CD. Granted WAVs are better quality (assuming it's a WAV file created from the source track and not a WAV file created from an MP3), but even on a big system the vast majority of people cannot really tell the difference, only true audiophiles can, and even then, I'm not convinced most audiophiles can tell the difference. Now if someone was using 128kbps or 192kbps MP3s that's one thing, but when you are dealing with 256kbps VBR or 320kbps, it becomes extremely difficult to tell the difference.