On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:38:40 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


All MP3s are effectively converted back to .wav before we hear them. There's
no way to avoid doing that.


wav is a file type architecture that comes in various format options.
If you are refering to the process of burning mp3's to standard cd
format then they are converted to wav format. There is no conversion
to .wav format if the playback device (either software or hardware)
can handle the mp3 format (or for that matter .sit, .mod, ,voc, etc ad
nauseum) directly. There is no upward conversion to wav format needed
and would degrade the ability of the player to decode various complex
formats on the fly such as VBR at 384k. Your little mp3 walkman would
choke if it had to convert all sounds to wav before outputting them.
The final result is merely sound not wav sound. (There may even be
licensing fees associated with wav files knowing Microsoft has a hand
in it.)