does mp3 to cda conversion have better quality

[perfection]

Having downloaded some mp3 songs, i would like to archive them and have always wanted to know whether i should do so in the mp3 format itself which is what they are in right now or do they gain if i rip them to cda format and burn audio CDs - do they gain bcak compressed qualities or is the quality the same just gaining in file size and the fact thast i can play it on a convemtional CD audio player??

[jimmalenko]

is the quality the same just gaining in file size and the fact thast i can play it on a convemtional CD audio player??

Correct. What was lost in the original conversion to MP3 is now long-gone and is irrecoverable.

[laspis59]

Having downloaded some mp3 songs, i would like to archive them and have always wanted to know whether i should do so in the mp3 format itself which is what they are in right now or do they gain if i rip them to cda format and burn audio CDs - do they gain bcak compressed qualities or is the quality the same just gaining in file size and the fact thast i can play it on a convemtional CD audio player??

If your going to use MP3 to play on your PC then use lame.If you have plenty of room on your PC's hard drive use FLAC or APE because you wont lose any quality as the codecs are lossless.
If you want to copy CD's always use WAV because the audio is uncompressed and untouched.

Use lame 3.97b2 not the alpha version.

[perfection]

Thanks both