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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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