proper settings for spc -> mp3?

SPC Questions

I'm wondering what the idea settings are to convert SPC -> MP3.

Some people seem to "up" the sample rate. SPC is natively at 32khz, but people seem to output them to 44.1khz.


What is the point of this? If it does somehow sound "better"... how does it? How can you sound better than the original source material?

If you burn a 32khz mp3 to a CD, does it upconvert to 44.1khz? I'm assuming yes but I don't really know. Is that the reason people do it?

So ultimately I'm wondering:

1) does it sound better at 44.1khz? if so, why/how?
2) if you save a 32khz wav as a 44.1khz mp3, how much space is lost? Is any quality lost? ie, is it resampled?
3) what settings do you think should be used when converting spc's to mp3s and why?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I still don't understand how the authors of SPC codecs can claim it sounds better..

some of their claims: Some SPC players, including SNESAmp, can even produce higher-quality output than the SPC700 itself by outputting the sound at a higher sampling rate (up to 192 kHz), using more complex sound interpolation methods and using a special "High Quality" enhancement feature (as in SNESAmp):

LiquidAcid, do tools like these lose quality when outting to a higher sampling rate?

There's nowhere I can't reach.