absolutely, but any mp3 will forever lose information in the original wave file, so if you are going to make an audio cd use the wave before you delete it, because as I explain in the book you can always make a mp3 of whatever kb/s you choose afterwards from this cd, and since the wave is there before you can make the mp3 anyway, it doesn't make sense to make audio cds from mp3s if the wave is available.

The advice is to give you the best quality archive medium, because compression formats will evolve and get better in the future and you can then get better quality results from this full spectrum master recording made from waves rather than an already compressed original.

and thanks for the plug