Hi Yes its a stereo file.You can see it when you open it as there are 2 lines. When you highlight and copy both channels across and then paste it, it is just one channel and I am assuming thats why it sounds poor.
Its not that the sound is better on media player. it sounds the same on Wavepad as it does on Media player in its raw form but when i try to copy a section to a new file and paste it, its sounds rubbish, as if its just one channel. I dont know that the case, i am assuming because i am copying 2 channels and pasting only one (i have tried all paste options and it makes no difference.
Does that make sense? thanks for the reply