What is a bitrate?
A bitrate is the amount of information (bits) transferred in a second bits per second (bps). With regards to MP3 audio files, the bitrate unit is more commonly referred to as kbps, which is thousand-bits-per-second. The higher the bitrate of an MP3 file, the better the sound quality. Most MP3 encoders support a range of bitrates from 24kbps up to 320kbps. Typically, 128kbps is quite adequate for listening to MP3s on your computer. Some people prefer to use 192kbps when burning MP3s to CD.
