Music bit rates 128 v 192 sharemore 192 please

Hi Guys

There is a poll on this forum as to which bit rate we prefer - 192 seems to come out on top.

Without getting into technical details or whose ear or gear is best I think we all must admit that with big hard drives and faster download speeds there is no excuse to stick with 128 as 192 seems a better compromise between quality and size.

So then my qeustion is - Can we all start to try to share more 192 bit files as I still find a huge preponderance of 128 and VBR files on Ares and Limewire etc.

Kind Regards

Digby

Haleluyah! Totally agree. 192 VBR rocks!

most of my bitrate mp3's are 320 with the exception of 192's. when i started acquiring music via kazaa dayz i had mostly 128, but that is a thing of the past. i pretty much get whole albums and not single tracks anymore and those pretty much cum in cd quality 320kbps. all thru bt and not this ares business and/or limewire u speak of.

/moved to file sharing section.

what below 192 kpbs sux ... 192 is acceptable but i prefer bitrates like 256, 320 or high vbr

for random music mp3 is just fine...but i like my fav albums to be in a lossless format :D preferably DTS but flac and ape also do the charm:P

Most of the music I've come across was around 192. I get at least that when looking for MP3's (when Soulseek was used a lot on this forum a while back a 192 minimum was encouraged and its stuck for me).

I also only download mp3s with no less than 192kbps. I prefer VBR V0 or V1, though.