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Source MP3 Quality Modifier

The opinion on the quality of digital music can differ widely depending on the personal taste. Some users are perfectly happy with music that has been encoded with 128 Kbps or even less while others swear on lossless music codecs. The perception of the individual is the most important factor although others might play a role. It can usually be said that a higher quality digital audio file will use more storage space on storage devices.
While this is not a problem on modern computer systems where hard drives with Terabytes of data become the norm. It could however play a role with mobile devices like cell phones or mp3 players. These have seen a storage increase in the last two years as well but it is still not uncommon to see cell phones or mp3 players with a few Gigabytes of storage or even less.