CD burning - (mp3 files) should you convert to AIFF (for quality)

Hello
With regard to eg iTunes mp3 songs for copying to CD.
For the best sound quality, do you keep them as mp3, or select conversion to AIFF, (ie at the burning stage).
Obviously AIFF is better quality, but I do not know if an mp3 converted to AIFF is better than an mp3 which is unchanged.
Thanks

Converting an MP3 to AIFF will just give you a larger file in a different format, it won't restore any quality to the track. Information is lost during the conversion to MP3 in the first place and that information cannot be added back. If you burn your MP3 playlist to an Audio CD the files will automatically be converted to AIFF and you'll be able to play that CD in a regular player, that's the only advantage there is, the tracks won't sound any better (and probably no worse).

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