[(Pandora) Saver2]

Saver2 will not re-encode files that are already in the same format. Also, encoding from 128 to 192 would be pointless, you can only get a better format to begin with (rather than reencode it higher)

Bitrates for services:

Songza: 128-320kbs(!) mp3

Slacker: 128kbs mp3

Playlist.com: Varies MP3

Last.FM: 128kbs mp3

Youtube: Varies FLV

Grooveshark: 128kbs+ MP3

Pandora:

Flash client, non-subscriber: 64kbs aacplus (eq. 96-128kbs mp3)

Flash client, subscriber: 192kbs DS mp3

My client, non-subscriber: 128kbs DS mp3

My client, subscriber: 192kbs DS mp3

So even if I were to encode these files in 192 kbps AAC, they would still only sound like 128 kbps MP3s?

[(Pandora) Saver2]

I have a question Joe; is 128 kbps the highest quality bitrate that can be used on Slacker? All the songs I've downloaded have shown up as so, even though the encoding setting is set to 192. Also, is Saver2 able to re-encode the files from Pandora so that they are actually 192 kbps? You said before that standard Pandora streams in ~96 kbps mp3, and it is known that bitrates cannot be raised after the data has been lost. Please let me know about both of these items. Thanks and I love the program.