Audio Compressor to mp3

[Dani33]

Hello

I have some large Wav audio files i need to reduce without quality loss to mp3. Can anyone tell me the best free audio compressor available?

Thanks

[cholla]

There is no such conversion as "lossless" .mp3.
You can usually create good quality .mp3s if you have a good audio file to start with.
If the .wavs you have sound good then they should be a good source.

I usually use dbPoweramp for conversion.
I have the free version 10.1 & I set it up many years ago.
It is version 10.1 & no longer available.
dbPoweramp does have a 21 day free trial & it is supposed to have full function for the trial.
I have not tested this though.

For others:
EAC can convert to a good quality .mp3 if you have the CD to rip from.
foobar2000 can also convert but not as many settings.
Audacity can also do this.
ffmpeg or with a ffmpeg GUI named Clever.

[pandy]

If you need lossless compression then use lossless codec for example FLAC, MP3 is lossy codec as such there is not possible to encode PCM into mp3 losslessly.

[Dani33]

Thanks for replies/info.

[mike20021969]

Other good free audio converters:
fre:ac : https://www.videohelp.com/software/fre-ac
Lame XP: https://www.videohelp.com/software/LameXP