Audio Conversion Quality

[MnkyOf[-]ate]

I have about 300 random music files on my hard drive right now, all of different quality ranging from 128 - 320 (441000Khz) and different formats.

If I were to convert them all to mp3 format
and make each of them 192 - 320 variable bit rate @ 41000KHz it would obviously make the files bigger... but would that make the quality any better? or would it actually decrease the quality ?

I'm using DBPoweramp Music Converter.

 

[Logical_1]

If it is encoded at lower settings than what you are converting to, you can't add quality once it has been removed. The only thing you would accomplish is to make a larger version of the same song you have now.

Logical_1

 

[frie2]

Yes, he's right converting sound files will usually only make them larger at no gain of quality.

 

[MnkyOf[-]ate]

I understand that they don't really gain quality and increase the size, but there is no risk of decresing the quality is there?

 

[Logical_1]

Why bother?

 

[MnkyOf[-]ate]

well, my mp3 player can only decode 192kbps and my mp3's range from 128 - 320kbps.

it would be nice if all my mp3's were of equal bit rate, and its an easy way to clear all the id3 tag info.