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> It’s certainly better than most of the stuff out on BitTorrent.

Firstly, "out on BitTorrent" doesn't make much sense. Secondly, it would seem the author is unaware of great enthusiast trackers like what and waffles.

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256 is pretty standard for torrenting music, sure you might not be able to really tell the difference but I think a lossless format like flac would go a long way to converting some people.

Most "scene" releases are still at ~192 VBR (-V2 LAME). I think the second sentence of the quote is more apt.

> (Actually, most ears are listening through crummy earbuds anyway, but whatever.)

hm, in my extensive experience, v0 is the most popular bit-rate by a large margin. usually releases are offered in a number of bit-rates.

I agree, but I was referring to the organized Warez Scene[1], not private bittorrent trackers which generally favor user-ripped content over "Scene" content. V0 is the most popular for private users, but the groups still stick to V2.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_(warez)#Audio_standard...

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