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MP3 is a pretty famous audio codec that is commonly used in mobile media players. ACC, on the other hand, has recently been introduced and was an addition to MP4 standard. It has presented numerous, substantial improvements to the traditional MP3 format. Since both of these digital audio formats are lossy, it is therefore pretty clear that both sacrifice a small part of their original data in order to make the size of the file smaller. Although AAC and MP3 appear to be similar format, there is a huge difference of quality. AAC offer much better quality than MP3. If that is the case, why do people tend to convert AAC to MP3 all the time? Well, the answer to this commonly asked question is that there are still many devices out there that do not support AAC audio format.

However, AAC has corrected a number of shortcomings of its predecessor – MP3 standard. The difference in quality has been duly noted by not only the casual listeners, but also technical experts. This difference gets more detectible as you do down to 128 kbps and lower… On the other hand, the general advantage offered by MP3 format is that it is highly popular and almost every device is equipped to play an MP3 file. Since it was the 1st one to be introduced to the users, it is widely accepted by majority of the hardware and software music players. AAC didn’t come into limelight until it was adapted by Apple. 

Before that, majority of the portable devices supported only MP3 files, and some of them still do. Although the gap is being filled slowly, AAC has still a long way to go. If you want to store your music files, ACC is definitely the better choice. However, it is important for you to make sure that your existing device supports the format. If it doesn’t, you can convert ACC to MP3 easily. When looking for a new player, opt for the ACC one. Until then, just convert your AAC files to MP3 using the techniques discussed here!