Do I Need to Delete Matched Songs 256kbps?

I've read all over this forum and still cant get a "clear" understanding. ITunes has matched thousands of songs in my library. Itsays 'matched" and the bit rate says 256kbps. Do I then have to delete and redownload these very songs (that are already matched at 256) ? If so I will be lost...I've done it to some albums and it still say matched at 256....Thanks!

It's completely up to you. If you imported them at 256kbps AAC then I don't really see a point in deleting them and downloading Apples version as the quality should be identical.

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