If you have high-end speakers or professional-grade headphones , you’ll actually hear the difference in depth and dynamic range.

The main "con" of WAV files is their massive size. A single minute of CD-quality audio (44.1 kHz, 16-bit) can take up about . This is roughly ten times larger than a high-quality MP3. When Should You Use WAV?

WAV files capture all frequencies audible to the human ear without the "underwater" artifacts sometimes found in low-bitrate MP3s.