Originally Posted By: David Snyder


Once a 256k has been posted to soundcloud it sounds "watery" to me. A 320K is better but still leaves a lot to be desired, but again, that is when it is streaming, not so much if it is playing off your computer or another medium.



David, to get the best quality sound from soundcloud you should upload WAV files.

Soundcloud automatically encodes anything you upload to (I think) 128K MP3 for streaming playback, so if you upload an MP3 it will get encoded twice.

From article https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003452847

"Please be aware that we transcode all tracks to various codecs which are optimised for streaming playback. We recommend uploading uncompressed or lossless audio files to ensure this process results in the best possible quality."