Basics Of Digital Audio Article

MP3 Streamed Examples

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* Example files are 3 seconds in duration

Audio Format	bit/ kbps	File Size	Download Time 2mbps	Comments
WAV / AIFF	32 bit	70.66 MB	5 Minutes 10.58 Seconds	Recording studio quality
CDDA	16 bit	35.33 MB	2 Minutes 24.71 Seconds	Commercially available CD quality
MP3	320 kbps	8.4 MB	34.41 Seconds	Highest quality MP3
MP3	192 kbps	5.04 MB	20.64 Seconds	Near to CD quality MP3
MP3	128 kbps	3.36 MB	13.76 Seconds	Good quality widely used MP3
MP3	96 kbps	2.52 MB	10.32 Seconds	Resonable quality, ok for wesite use
MP3	64 kbps	1.68 MB	6.88 Seconds	Low size, quite good quality
MP3	48 kbps	1.26 MB	5.16 Seconds	Degraded but ok for web use
MP3	32 kbps	840 KB	3.36 Seconds	Very small but low quality music