Why not "normal"-sized mp3 files when ripping CDs?

hello,
have any of you experienced that the CD tracks conversion to mp3 format is resulting in very large files? a normal CD is converted into 700-800 MB files, which is absolutely crazy..!! i have defaulted the file format to mp3 in iTunes, so what more can i do??
i have the latest version of iTunes, using Win 2000.
Any suggestions would be highly appreciated..
/ Richard
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For the iTunes MP3 encoder, the Good Quality setting is 128 kbps, the High Quality setting is 160 kbps and the Higher Quality setting is 192 kbps.
AAC-encoded files sound as good as or better than MP3 files encoded at the same or even a higher bit rate. A 128 Kbps AAC file should sound as good as or better than a 160 Kbps MP3 file. Because the bit rate is lower, the AAC file will also be smaller than the MP3 file. AAC files allow you to store the most music on your hard disk or iPod. The High Quality AAC setting creates files that are usually less than 1 MB for each minute of music. The High Quality MP3 setting creates files that are about 1 MB in size for each minute of music.
The AIFF and WAV encoders do not compress the songs. AIFF and WAV are very high quality files that are several times larger than AAC or MP3 files and take up a large amount of hard disk space (about 650 MB per CD or 10 MB per minute of music).
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