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[Topper]

This is probably a dumb question but here goes.
If I have a track that is 1 hour long at 128kbps mp3 and i want to split the track into smaller segments, if I convert it to wav split and then re-encode the sections at 240kbps would I still get the degradation in sound quality as if I had re-encoded at 128kbps.
I know that i can't improve the quality of a file but is it possible to maintain the quality when re-encoding.

[JimH]

This is probably a dumb question but here goes.
If I have a track that is 1 hour long at 128kbps mp3 and i want to split the track into smaller segments, if I convert it to wav split and then re-encode the sections at 240kbps would I still get the degradation in sound quality as if I had re-encoded at 128kbps.
I know that i can't improve the quality of a file but is it possible to maintain the quality when re-encoding.

You will still lose quality, but it may not be noticeable.  The best thing would be to try it.  

[Uwe]

The best way is not to convert into wave. There are tools to split the files directly in mp3 like mp3cut for example.

Uwe

[rocketsauce]

mp3directcut:

http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/#mp3dc

musicutter:

http://musicutter.host.sk/