[X4U] AIFF-conversions in iTunes kill decibels

[Nick Scalise]

On May 26, 2007, at 5:53 AM, Herbert Marouschek wrote:

> My converting AIFF-files with iTunes (v 7.1.1) to AAC / MP3  
> typically results in volume losses of between 3 and 8 dB.
>
> Is this the way it is, or is there a way to preserve the volume level?

Are you going from same sample rate (kHz) and sample size (8 or 16  
bit) rate to same?

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