i ask since mp3 is ALREADY a compressed file............or can on cd's
be converted to atrac?

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i ask since mp3 is ALREADY a compressed file............or can on cd's
be converted to atrac?

The usual paradigm for converting lossy compressed files from one format to
another is:

Compressed file format A - .wav file (uncompressed) - Compressed file
format B.

or in your case:

MP3 - .wav file (uncompressed) - ATRAC

This should always produce a file that has some kind of sound in it.

However, the process stacks losses on top of losses, so sound quality
reductions should not surprise you.