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  • BWLover
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    • Jan 2009
    • 552
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    Hello. I was wondering something about audio formats you download from this site. If a person downloads a 192/24 bit file, but then burns it to a cd, what happens to that file? Is it downgraded to 44.1/16? Will the audio sound better if it was originally a 192/24 burned to a cd? Or will it sound better if I were to download the 44.1/16 file and burn it? Thank you.


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    • maclick
      Junior Member
      • Dec 2011
      • 14
      #2
      I burned one of their sample CDs; sounded great to me. I guess you would have to do a side by side comparison. I don't really steam music so I can't tell how much better "HD Tracks" sound.
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        • aud19
          Twin Moderator Emeritus
          • Aug 2003
          • 16706
          #3
          It depends on whether you're burning an audio CD (then yes it would need to be converted and down-sampled) or a data CD with the higher res (assuming flac?) audio file on it. If it's an audio CD there will be some level of quality loss.

          FYI a data CD will require that whatever you're playing it back on would be able to read/process flac files.
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            • BWLover
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 552
              #4
              It's uncompressed AIFF files. I'm wondering if I should buy the 192/24 files and burn an audio cd. Or buy the 44.1/16 files and burn to audio cd. Will the 192/24 files sound better (even when down sampled) then the 44.1/16 files because they were originally of higher quality?


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                • aud19
                  Twin Moderator Emeritus
                  • Aug 2003
                  • 16706
                  #5
                  Originally posted by BWLover
                  It's uncompressed AIFF files. I'm wondering if I should buy the 192/24 files and burn an audio cd. Or buy the 44.1/16 files and burn to audio cd. Will the 192/24 files sound better (even when down sampled) then the 44.1/16 files because they were originally of higher quality?


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                  I would imagine the likely made the 44.1/16 files from the same 192/24 masters so I doubt it. Do you not have any way to listen to the uncompressed 192/24 files?
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