If what you are looking for is a simple tool to make uncomplicated conversions from your FLAC audio files into high-quality MP3s, Cool FLAC To MP3 Converter is a reasonable option. Its simple interface offers a limited but sufficient choice of quality settings which anyone can use.
Its built-in Lame 3.98 conversion engine is in itself a guarantee of good-quality conversions. This, together with the possibility of customizing the bit rate used during the conversion, provides a good balance between flexibility and quality. To make things even easier, this tool supports batch conversion, allowing you to convert large amounts of FLAC files (full albums, folders, etc.) in one go.
However, there is still some margin for improvement when it comes to some elements in the interface. The most noticeable one is probably the values offered when the custom bit rate option has been selected. At first glance, we miss the 320 kbps value, which is the highest quality you can expect when using constant bit rates. This level of quality can be achieved by selecting any value higher than 256, such as 512 or 1024, values that may be somehow confusing, knowing that these are never used by MP3 encoders.
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