WMA MP3 Converter is an excellent APE to MP3 converter with friendly interface and lots of useful features. This is true almost all of the time. The only time it might make sense is if you have a lower bitrate audio file in a high quality format like WAV. For example, it might make sense to convert a 96 kbps WAV file to MP3, but only if you choose a bitrate of 192 kbps or higher. The higher bitrate on the MP3 file will allow it to maintain the same quality as the WAV file, even though it is a lower bitrate. The last thing you should know is that it is not advisable to convert between lossy formats as you will continue to loss quality. It is OK, however, to convert between lossless formats as the quality is retained. 1. Free MP3 Creator either reference ape to mp3 converter Easy ape mp3 converter If you would like to have high quality MP3 files to maximum keep the original audio effect of the APE file, you can adjust the settings of the output mp3 profile. I just recommend to set the audio bitrate as 192 kbps. The sound quality and the file size is acceptable.