Quote Originally Posted by N. Abstentia
Zune offers them in 192k WMA, which is what I always rip to anyway. So for free, I'm pleased as punch with that, it sounds great. But if I were paying for it, I'd just get the CD....which is one thing I hate about iTunes. Why pay $13 for crappy 128k MP3's when you can buy the real CD for the same price?

So like I said, the disc is not completely dead but most people don't bother with them anymore. I live in a town where the population is around 70,000 people...and there's not one store that sells CD's. I have to drive an HOUR to get to a CD store.
You must live where there are no BB, CC, Wal Mart, Targets, Sam's Club, Costco, or K-mart. Even a local 5-10 still sale CD's you can even get them at a car wash now days.

192 bitrate is a good rate I think lossless starts around 230-250 bitrate.