For me, its a little disappointing that the stream is as low bitrate as it is, and there is definitely some clipping at the extreme high and low ends. Having said that, in reality, it doesn't sound as horrible as it might have done; they've definitely done a good job on the compression.
In terms of bandwidth, it doesn't really make sense in this day and age. Also, in terms of piracy, there will be higher rate rips available very soon, when the CD starts to leak.
But, the sound on the stream isn't totally horrible, and it will do, for now.
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