Sync at Higher than 128 bit rate to iphone?

Does anyone know why apple does not give an option to sync songs at a bit rate other than 128 kbps (or the bit rate in itunes)? Some of us would buy iphones with more memory if we could sync at 256.

sguerra wrote:
Chris,
Thanks for the reply. What would happen if I burn an album from 128 to wav file so i could listen to it on any cd player, then imported it back as 256? Still no quality change? This is why I ask, I accedentally deleted my whole library, fortunetly I had most of it backed up on DVDs. I thought this could be a good opportunity for me to evolve to 256.
Is the concept, if I bought an album from itunes at 128, that is best quality it will ever be? The same album bought at "sears", imported at 256 would be better quality? That makes sense.
Thats exact thing that will happen. Lossy formats (like MP3 or AAC) cannot be improved in any way from their current encoding rate. You already lost the information long ago and you cannot get it back no matter what you do with it.

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