++ [ originally posted by Alex ] ++
When you encode your own music to mp3, you can set the bitrate to anything you want, including the bitrate for unaltered .wav files.
When you encode your own music to mp3, you can set the bitrate to anything you want, including the bitrate for unaltered .wav files.

KaZaA set a limit on bit-rate quality to get the music industry off their back (by claiming that KaZaA doesn't support cd-quality music)
so most songs are 128 kbps, only that real famous songs are found with higher bit-rates.
