Free Online MP3 to WAV Converter

The MP3 format is a popular format for storing and transmitting Audio data. The format was initially released in 1991 and was further enhanced with additional versions throughout the 1990's. MP3 files are the 3rd Audio format of the MPEG-2 video standard.

MP3 files employ a complex lossy compression method to reduce the raw audio file sizes down to as little as 9% of the original format found on conventional music CDs using a common bitrate of 128 kbit/s. Due to its small file size MP3 files are prefect for online music streaming and portable music players.

The WAV format is an audio file format originally created by IBM and Microsoft back in 1991 making it one of the oldest audio file formats available. It has gone through several versions over the years to add features such as compression and entirely new formats based on WAV have been defined to address issues such as file sizes limited to 4GB.

WAV files are based on the RIFF file container format and stores audio data in an uncompressed format making the files much larger than other formats such as MP3. The format usually stores audio data in dual channel format with a frequency of 44.1Khz.