WAV

WAV files are used to store high-quality, uncompressed audio data of CD-quality (44.1 KHz/16-bit). This file format requires a huge amount of memory - roughly 10 MB per minute of music. Compressed audio files such as MP3 and WMA require significantly less memory, but reproduce poorer quality sound. Audio CDs are automatically saved in WAV format in the Windows operating system for perfect original sound quality without quality loss. The formats and sampling frequencies that are supported by Pioneer products are LPCM (16/22.05/24/32/44.1/48 kHz) and MS ADPCM (22.05/44.1 kHz).