Before I knew any better, I ripped my CD collection in MP3 at 192k. It sounds pretty good from SB via G68 or F80 - I would have to be listening critically to notice any difference. From iPod, Its not so good and the iPod would appear to be the limiting factor rather than the quality of the rip.

I still rip at same settings via iTunes as its convenient. Im not going to rerip my collection. But my Squeezebox is a convenience item. So this suite me fine.

So if its 256k against a like for like codec at 192k, unless you were listening critically, I think you would have to be pretty anal to diss it. And 256k may even do it for critical listening too.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).