low bitstreams not so bad (Score 2, Interesting)

net radio is not bad at all, and this codec looks to take it to the next level. when you're just casually listening, a 56kbps stream does a decent job of giving you what you want to listen to. I find that pretty impressive. i've listened to 56-96 kbps streams, and while not perfect, its virtually as good as analog radio, depending on the music type. anything involving distortion will sound fine. I just find it cool that a low bandwidth stream can successfully push out decent audio content.