[antiRepublicrat]

A CD-quality standard WAV file takes about 10 megabytes to store one minute of music. 44,100 samples per second at 2 bytes per sample times two channels equals 172 KB per second, *60 = 10 MB per minute. An MP3 at 128 kilobits per second takes only about 937 KB per minute, less than one-tenth the size, but with a somewhat noticeable loss of quality compared to the WAV. A high-quality 320 kbits/sec MP3 that’s hard to distinguish from CD/WAV quality (likely only audiophiles with high-end equipment will notice the difference) takes only 2.3 MB per minute .

So either yours are very low quality or they are compressed with MP3 or something else inside the WAV container. Later I’ll take some time to download your files, examine them, and tell you what’s up.

[Malsua]

So either yours are very low quality or they are compressed with MP3 or something else inside the WAV container

Both. Lame MP3 encoding in a Wav wrapper at 24kbits.

[potlatch]

OK. I get many old songs at this site;
http://www.pcdon.com/pop-country.html

As I said, they sound good to me so I guess it depends upon how discerning one is on the sound quality. The mp3s and wavs seem to sound equally good on my CDs.

[Malsua]

I thought it was initially just a mislabeled mp3, but the header shows that it's a wav format. Look at the bitrate and audio format.