[blitzprog]

From a consumer perspective, SoundCloud lost my interest when I heard it's 128 kbps transcoded mp3 you're getting when streaming songs.

No thanks.

[abhi3]

So until you heard its 128 kbps you had no idea? If that's the case then there's no problem with it streaming @128

[blitzprog]

Wrong, I simply wasn't using it and heard of the service.

You can hear the bad quality by comparing it to a high quality version of the same song on good speakers.

[codegladiator]

> 128 kbps transcoded mp3

How much are you looking for ? and how much are you willing to pay for that ?

[blitzprog]

Paying for a music playback?

I am paying for music storage, but playback should use source quality at all times. Exceptions are when the track is uploaded in a lossless codec like WAV or FLAC. Then it should be OGG compressed. If you use MP3, at least use 192 kbps or better 320 kbps.

Example: https://clyp.it/ allows 320 kbps streaming and it costs 0$.