darrenyeats;410298 Wrote: 
> You're right. But streaming quality will have less and less
> technological constraints as time goes on (I choose my words
> carefully). Even now, as I understand it, last.fm streams MP3 at 256
> VBR.
> Darren

Darren,

I just checked and last.fm streams at 128kbps CBR NOT 256kbps VBR and
listening to 128kbps CBR, while better than listening to 56kbps or
96kbps, is still nowhere near CD quality. So for now I'll be sticking
with my own 99.9% flac music library.


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