I have to respectfully disagree with you. 128 kbps sounds like ****
compared to VBR anyday of the week. The VBR results in slightly
larger mp3s, but, still much smaller than the original source .wav
they were generated from.

Technically VBR can sound just as bad or worse than a 128 kbps constant bit
rate. It depends on the min/max bitrates you use.

VBR just means variable bit rate, using fewer bits for sections that don't
have as much detail to encode, and more bits for sections that have more
detail. A VBR with 128 kbps min and 320 kbps max won't sound any better
than a constant 320 kbps bitrate. The file size will just be smaller. It
will also take longer to encode (though the difference will probably be
inperceptable on todays computers).

As I mentioned earlier, a 7MB or 8MB MP3 file size doesn't matter much
these days. You can still fit a hundred MP3's on a CD, or hundreds on a
flash drive.

Anthony Watson
www.watsondiy.com
www.mountainsoftware.com