gtgarside i take it you hearing is not that goo, or your spekear system blows !
of course you gain a lot more from 160k or even 192k!!!
128k DOES reduce quality, but you can't really hear it con cheap speakers that come with your compaq!
i can REALLY tell the diference betwen 128k, 160k and 192k
after that on 256k is really hard to tell the diference, but between 128 and 192 i would definitl use 192 for archiving purposes and to play on hi end systems, if you just want to listen on cheap compaq speakers then just use 128k or even 96k you wont hear a diference from the CD
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