160kbps

What's up with this bitrate, why does it suck?

Heh... what? Is that your internet connection's down speed? If so, it sucks because it is MEGA fucking slow.

It's an average bitrate. Better than 128, worse than 256.

160 is decent, however, I rip CDs at 320kbps with LAME. I really like to get at least 192kbps when downloading though.

I'd like to say I have high standards when it comes to the bitrate of my mp3s, but in all honesty, I'm playing my mp3s out of laptop speakers 95% of the time.

I've never worried about it much. Unless it's ringtone quality(really low) I don't think I could tell.

oh... bitrate for MP3's... I was thinking internet speed

It sucks because you downloaded it.