AAC-MP3 Question

O.K. here is the situation.
A while ago I converted my whole iTunes library to AAC. I have recently notices how the volume gets quieter on songs when you convert them to AAC. If I take an AAC song (converted from MP3 to AAC) and convert it back to MP3, will it still have the original quality of the MP3 before it was converted to AAC or will have AAC quality in an MP3 format?
Thanks in advance!

In your situation, you should leave the library as is; AAC files usually have better quality than MP3 for the same amount of disk space, but you will only see the quality benefit if you import from a lossless format as opposed to converting MP3 to AAC. AAC files aren't as compatible as MP3 ones.
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This will be rather long winded, hopefully I can explain my problem sufficintly~!
When I received my Nano I imported about 2500 existing MP3 files from one folder of my laptops' hard drive into the Itunes Library. The MP3s followed a file naming convention of artist-song title (i.e. "Beatles--Hey Jude"). Since doing this I have imported songs from aprox. 10-15 CDs into ITunes, plus purchased about 30 more songs from the ITunes Store. They were imported/bought as AAC files.
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