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This audio format is to the Windows and DOS platform what AIFF is to the Macintosh. Professional PC-based digital audio recording and editing systems use WAV files as their standard. And, as with AIFF, WAV files have the flexibility of storing audio as mono or stereo, 16-bit or 8-bit, and at a wide range of sample rates.
WAV

A WAV file is almost exactly the same size as an AIFF or QuickTime audio file with the same information and resolution--usually BIG! (See Low- resolution AIFF, WAV and QuickTime.)

Play a 30-second stereo 16-bit, 44kHz (CD quality) music example
(5.4 MB) using the "WAV" format and a helper app.