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High-quality MP3s not comparable to CD WAVs ??

Hi,
Though I have read a numerous articles stating that
high-quality MP3s were "indistinguishable" from CDs,
I have been unable to create such an MP3 from a ripped WAV
(I can EASILY tell the difference).
So I am wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
I'm using LAME with the highest-quality settings
("lame -q 0 -m s --cbr -b 320 {wav} {mp3}"),
and I have also tried a few other popular encoders.
Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
captainbeyond

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eviltuna7
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I didnt realize that the Ipod does not support .wav files. Does anybody know if a software update could fix this, or is this something that only buying a new Ipod could fix(i hope its not the latter because i just bought one)?

Also, im a little confused about AAC format. AAC has 44.1 khz sample rate, isnt that the same as a cd? The bit rate is 320 kbps which i thought was better than a cd. If someone could clear this up for me that would be great
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