Rhapsody Bit-Rates

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I quite enjoy listening to KEXPâ€™s 1.4 Mbps Uncompressed signal and think it sounds great.
I have a friend trying to get me into Rhapsody, but I researched and found this:
http://home.real.com/product/help/rhapv3_ts/en/CD_Formats_and_Quality.htm
Near the top of the page it states:
â€œHigher sample rates result in better sound quality, but are usually larger files than those using lower sample rates. Compressed files are smaller but have slightly lower quality than uncompressed files. Different compression formats can also affect the quality. By default, Rhapsody Imports CDs as 192Kbps MP3 files.â€
Do you think this means Rhapsody imports the music it plays as 192kbps mp3 and even if you were to listen to a uncompressed signal, youâ€™d actually be listening to the above compressed signal â€œuncompressedâ€?

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Topic - Rhapsody Bit-Rates - Audio-Idiot 11:47:27 12/06/06 (3)

That's nice but.... - doodlebug 08:24:38 12/07/06 (2)

Re: That's nice but.... - Audio-Idiot 11:34:23 12/07/06 (1)

Re: That's nice but.... - Mark Tinordi 03:12:21 12/08/06 (0)

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