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Are wav files bigger than mp3 files?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 9/27/2023

Yes, normally. Wav from CD (which is actually "Red Book Audio" but it rips to .wav) is 1411 kb/s. MP3 (at largest size) is 320 kb/s, and most MP3s are smaller than that. Wav in most cases is 5-10 trimes larger than MP3s.

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