What didn't happen in the future

Hi, Because if you're only listening to the .MP3s on your computer or via an MP3 player/jukebox you really can't hear the loss in quality - even 128Kbps-VBR is perfectly acceptable under these circumstances, to my ear at least (BTW I said "acceptable", not "fine"!). Also, .MP3 is about the only format capable of being played on pretty much everything from an MP3 player, to a mobile phone, to a DVD player. The same cannot be said of .WMA, .FLAC, etc. I currently have 16 devices (other than my PC) which play .MP3s, just THREE of those will also play .WMA, and only one of those will also play .OGG and .FLAC! Also, only my mobile phone will play .AAC in addition to .MP3. So, if you're into digital music, you haven't got a massive amount of room in which to manoeuvre. Incidentally, a hi-fi magazine here in the UK (I forget which one) performed some blind listening tests a few years ago. To cut a long story short, the upshot was, that once you hit 224Kbps it was impossible to tell the difference between a CD and an .MP3 of that CD....no matter how good the equipment it was being played through. TTFN - Pete.