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If you have high-end speakers or professional-grade headphones , you’ll actually hear the difference in depth and dynamic range.

The main "con" of WAV files is their massive size. A single minute of CD-quality audio (44.1 kHz, 16-bit) can take up about . This is roughly ten times larger than a high-quality MP3. When Should You Use WAV? This is roughly ten times larger than a high-quality MP3

Because they are uncompressed, WAV files are incredibly easy to manipulate in Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) like Avid Pro Tools . If you want your recordings to last for

If you want your recordings to last for decades without quality loss, archiving in a lossless format like WAV is the safest bet. The Trade-Off: Storage Space 16-bit) can take up about .

Keep the files in WAV throughout the creative process to avoid "generational loss"—quality degradation that happens when you re-compress a file.