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Mp3 Music Files

Is there anything that you can do to improve the quality of music files on your computer.

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  • ffym
    ffym Posts: 305 Forumite
    You can't put back in what's not there in the file originally, but you can tweak things like volume, noise removal etc with programmes like Audacity. It's free from here!
  • SiMaster
    SiMaster Posts: 137 Forumite
    you can record them at a higher bit rate 128 bits is recomended for cd quality
  • I suggest 192 bit rate.

    MP3 is never ever CD Quality anyway...
  • wolfman
    wolfman Posts: 3,225 Forumite
    SiMaster wrote:
    you can record them at a higher bit rate 128 bits is recomended for cd quality

    Common misconception. 128kbps is around radio quality.

    Truth is you'll never truly get cd quality as you're compressing a track. To get as close as possible I'd recommend 320kbps with the LAME encoder.

    However, I find 192kbps, or 224kbps both done variably to be a good trade-off for quality to file size.

    And in answer to the OP, not really. Once you've compressed a track you can't get back the data that has been lost. Best thing is to re-encode your music at a higher bit rate.
    "Boonowa tweepi, ha, ha."
  • windym_2
    windym_2 Posts: 5,261 Forumite
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    Could it also be that your speakers on the PC are below par?
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