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What's the best quality audio file? The audio format with the highest sound quality is the WAV format. The WAV format saves all data from the original recording. Other file types of similar quality are FLAC and AIFF, but WAV files are much more popular. Because these files retain everything that was in the original recording, they are much larger than other types of files.

What are the best audio file types?

For maximum sound quality, lossless audio files are the best choice: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, Lossless WMA, ALAC, DSF, DFF, SACD ISO. To achieve the smallest file size, lossy files are best suited: mp3, AAC, ogg, WMA and others. You can also discuss the trade-off between compression ratio and size.