# sound quality m4a files vs mp3 files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sound-quality-m4a-files-vs-mp3-files/11795
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [March 30, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sound-quality-m4a-files-vs-mp3-files/11795 "2011-03-30T19:16:55Z")
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### Author: ![ac\_1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@ac\_1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ac_1)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sound-quality-m4a-files-vs-mp3-files/11795/1 "2011-03-30T19:16:55Z")

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All,

I am interested in your views:

Is the sound quality of m4a files (256-277Kbps) equivalent the sound quality of mp3 files (320Kbps) ?

For my ears it is.

Is it for your's ?

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### Author: ![garym](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/garym/32/4822_2.png) [@garym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garym)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sound-quality-m4a-files-vs-mp3-files/11795/2 "2011-03-31T11:27:16Z")

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Yes.