test for 320Kbps upload .
 

Hi,

I just came across this forum and looks like there's lots of great info here.
Hopefully I'm posting in the right forum.

I was wondering what is the lowest acceptable bitrate I could use
to stream musicians music without compromising the quality too much.

ok, so I've always coverted my sh*t to constant bitrate 320kbps 44khz

variable just didn't sound like it would be better because I associate the word with being inconsitent.

but I decided to look into it today for the hell of it and read that variable is actualy better quality and only choose constant bitrate if you want to keep the file size smaller. .

I understand the theory behind bitrates and sampling rates, and I understand that they are correlated to resolution... but what are the benefits/downfalls from using higher/lower bitrates and sampling rates? In certain applications is it better to lower/raise them, or is it just always go for the highest number? Is it just to make smaller files?