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Topic subjectRE: .wav file is the file type on CDs.
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2505228, RE: .wav file is the file type on CDs.
Posted by howisya, Mon Feb-14-11 01:24 PM
>like howisya suggested, you're probably better off going with
>the 320kbps version, as I doubt anyone can really tell the
>difference (inb4 controversy).

it would depend on the quality of the wav files and the system on which they're played. since it doesn't say, for all we know, these could be the highest possible wav files of enormous size. what you said before is only partially true. artists have been selling/otherwise providing wav files higher than the 44-kHz sampling rate of audio cd for a while now. hypothetically--and i know radiohead is NOT the kind of band who would actually do this--if these were the highest quality wav, and you had a good system, you would hear the difference.

otherwise, 44-kHz 320 kbps mp3 vs. wav is an old argument best not rehashed.