What's MP3? |
MP3 is a new file format for
audio, mainly music. The quality is near to CD, but by removing
the sound the human ear cannot hear, the size has been reduced to one twelfth of the
original CD. The quality reduction concerns the contrast between the lowest bass and the
highest treble tones.
The usual low quality of PC speakers compared to real stereo systems also affects the
quality. I recommend using headphones or buying a decent pair of speakers.
What's so good about MP3 is that you can download the verses of Quran that's on CD
in the stores from the Internet. However it's my first experience I don't know if there is
a lot of sites from where we can download Al-Quran in Mp3 format! The size of the
file varies with the quality, but a good quality (128 kbps, 44 kHz) MP3 is one MB per
minute (megabyte/Minute) . Live recordings are sometimes 56 kbps which of course reduces
the file size.
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