What is the current sampling rate for iTunes store purchases

As a dinosaur, I still like getting my music on CD's (and, in fact, I still have quite an LP collection). But even CD's are becoming harder to come by these days and I have found that with the right sampling and codec (256KB/vbr AAC), my lossy compressed iPod music is audibly no different than the original CDs ...at least as far as my critical ears can tell. Which brings me to my question:
What is the sampling and codec used for downloads from the iTunes Store? I have read in older posts ('05/'06) it is 128KB/AAC but then I recently read iTunes downloads will be non-DRM encoded and come in at 256KB/AAC.
Appreciate any insght into this as I am really enjoying the "Record Store" on my desktop.
Thanks,
Stegasaurus

All itunes music has been 256/ non drm for years now.

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