256kbps is a lot higher than most stores these days. And it's very hard to notice non lossless songs while on the move. I have all my Zune stuff in 256kbps MP3 and it sounds fine. On my computer with peace and quiet FLAC does sound much better... but I can't imagine the bandwidth costs it would take to offer FLAC downloads. Not to mention the amount of bitching the music corporations would offer to have full CD quality...
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256kbps is a lot higher than most stores these days. And it's very hard to notice non lossless songs while on the move. I have all my Zune stuff in 256kbps MP3 and it sounds fine. On my computer with peace and quiet FLAC does sound much better... but I can't imagine the bandwidth costs it would take to offer FLAC downloads. Not to mention the amount of bitching the music corporations would offer to have full CD quality...