tossed away. Now bit rates of 320k are common and sound very close to the original source. Because hard drive storage space is now very cheap, more people are saving their music on loss- less (no information is taken away) files and listening to music on their portable players. Of course, now other problems arise. Because the masses are now listening thru earphones, hearing loss is becoming a problem for future listeners because they have the volume to high. Dominical Days 27