Will itunes move up to 320 bit-rate downloads?

i am a bit of an audiofile and was wondering will itunes move up to 320 bit-rate downloads?

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    I can't speak for iPods cause I never bought one. I've always been the kind of person who rather have one device (Moto Razr V3i w/ iTunes) then two devices (reg. phone and an iPod). My phone would covert the music to 128 bit rate to optimize space. It would make sense that apple would give us an option to convert the size of our music files to optimize space as well. This making duplicate albums in two different bit rates is a hassle! Unless you've gone into Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing... the music you rip on your computer is going to be a defult ACC 128 bit rate format. Which there is nothing wrong with. If you share music with friends and they don't have iTunes there's going to be an issue. So I changed my encoder to MP3 and also adjusted the audio quality. You tend to lose lower frequencies when music is ripped at a low bit rate.

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    There is an ongoing comparision to Pandora however, I suggest that Pandora offers a better value by far:
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    3. PandoraJam permits recording to Mac, $15 one-time cost, 192kb unlimited downoads
    4. iTunes Match, at $25/yr, permits saving current and paid misic to iCloud plus no adds, but STILL charges $1.29/song.
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    I'm curious as well what the bit rate is for iTunes Radio and am suprised Apple hasn't published it. 
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    Amadou Diallo, Contributor 1 day ago
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    I’m working on a story comparing aspects of iTunes Radio, Pandora and Spotify (stay tuned) and I’ll report on whether there’s an audible difference between them.
    Also found a post on Macrumors by someone who did their own "test" yesterday who is suggesting that it is 256 kbps similar to what you get for iTunes purchases. 
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  • Extremely Low iTunes Bit Rates

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    Please tell me that I am doing something wrong.
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    I am prepared to accept some destructive compression but 128 kbps is not functional. Converting ACC files to MP3 would result in even greater loss of quality. Converting the file to MP3 would be necessary for anyone with an MP3 incapable of playing ACC files.
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    I tryed to reconvert the songs inside iTunes using 320kpgs settings. The quality of the reconverted songs sounds unaltered; it showed the right info, and the new file it's a little bigger than the original. But, you know, I'm kind of a quality freak and I dont whant to take any chances here.
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