About the higher quality iTunes store downloads.

Hi,
I just started purchasing music through the iTunes store 2 days ago. One of my major grievances with the service in the past as a composer/DJ was the poor quality of the encoding (128 kbps). Today, as I purchased 2 additional albums, I noticed a much higher variable encoding rate (generally >220 kbps).
Essentially when an individual pays for music through the iTunes store, that individual is paying for the license to use the song, not so much the song file (media) itself, hence protected media. Is there or will there be any way to re-download the music I already purchased at a higher encoding rate?
Since the iTunes store is offering the same music for the same price, just at a higher quality, I don't see why this wouldn't be an unreasonable request as it is essentially a product exchange. This is obviously an issue that will need to be addressed in the future as average bandwidth among iTunes Store users increases and compression methods increase in quality.
Thanks,
DJ McFly
17" PowerBook Mac OS X (10.4.4)

If you managed to download at something other then 128kbps, you have been fortunate as there may have been some type of issue with the file. Unfortunately, I really speculate as to how you got a higher bitrate download as any speculation on Apple products or services is against the "terms of use" of these forums. The store sells downloads in protected AAC format at 128kbps ONLY, that is All they sell. You will not get a higher bitrate download as a request to re-download will get you 128kbps. Consider yourself lucky, it happened to me one time last summer with an album downloaded in what appears to be AAC 260 VBR, It hasn't EVER happened again & I'm talking about hundreds of dollars spent, after this one specific instance, on other downloads.

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