Mirlyn said:
'less you make your own.
I do all mine at 320kbps. I agree though, most of the mp3s out there (192kbps and less) sound like crap. You can really tell the difference between 192 and above and 192 and below on an all-digital system.
There are "bad" and "less bad" MP3s, I agree...but I can still tell a difference on good equipment, even at 320 kbps. PC hardware in general is pretty poor when compared to traditional audio equipment, even middle-of-the-road audio equipment.
Then there are people like my girlfriend and my mother who can't tell a difference between Klipsch multimedia speakers and $15 speakers that came with her computer
It's all in the ears of the beholder.
You would think that after years of being married to a speaker engineer, my mother could spot a good speaker now and then, but nope!
rrfield