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<blockquote data-quote="TeenWolf" data-source="post: 1091318" data-attributes="member: 561987">I don&#039;t think you really understand the concept of bit rate. A &quot;professional&quot; CD has a bit rate of over 1400 kbps. When you rip songs from this, your computer has a lot of data from the CD that it doesn&#039;t copy to a 320 mp3. Making a 128 mp3 would take even less info. Less info means lower quality - A 64 kbps mp3 would sound like shit.You talked about taking a 128 kbps mp3 and converting it to 192. If you think about the logic above, then you can undertsand how there wouldn&#039;t&nbsp; be any benefit. When converting a mp3 file from 128 to 192, where would your computer get the additional data that is required? The only way to do it properly is to get the store bought CD and compress it down from 1400+ to 192.128 kbps used to be widely accepted as the standard for near CD quality. Nowadays, this has increased to 192, but it&#039;s all a matter of opinion.The volume level that a CD is recorded at doesn&#039;t have much to do with bit rate. You can change the recorded volume level when burning a CD without altering bit rate. Older tunes will be lower than newer tunes and you will notice this when both types are on the same CD. All burner software has an equalization feature which makes the volume level the same for all tracks. You have to activate this feature and set the percentage of equalization that you want.Some burner software burns CD&#039;s at lower volumes than others. I have Windows Media Player and Nero. I find that Nero records at a higher level than Windows Media Player.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TeenWolf, post: 1091318, member: 561987"] I don't think you really understand the concept of bit rate. A "professional" CD has a bit rate of over 1400 kbps. When you rip songs from this, your computer has a lot of data from the CD that it doesn't copy to a 320 mp3. Making a 128 mp3 would take even less info. Less info means lower quality - A 64 kbps mp3 would sound like shit. You talked about taking a 128 kbps mp3 and converting it to 192. If you think about the logic above, then you can undertsand how there wouldn't be any benefit. When converting a mp3 file from 128 to 192, where would your computer get the additional data that is required? The only way to do it properly is to get the store bought CD and compress it down from 1400+ to 192. 128 kbps used to be widely accepted as the standard for near CD quality. Nowadays, this has increased to 192, but it's all a matter of opinion. The volume level that a CD is recorded at doesn't have much to do with bit rate. You can change the recorded volume level when burning a CD without altering bit rate. Older tunes will be lower than newer tunes and you will notice this when both types are on the same CD. All burner software has an equalization feature which makes the volume level the same for all tracks. You have to activate this feature and set the percentage of equalization that you want. Some burner software burns CD's at lower volumes than others. I have Windows Media Player and Nero. I find that Nero records at a higher level than Windows Media Player. [/QUOTE]

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