brooklyn1 > wrote:

>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message

>> Be prepared for a shock if you normally listen to CD-quality
>> or older analog sound sources. The online music quality is sucky!

>You have a crappy sound card and cheap speakers.

I think it's more the compression. I have trouble with
the quality of mp3 or wma files even at 192 kbps, and
a lot of online clips are 64 kbps.

But yeah you need good hardware also, or else it is even worse.

Steve