When i first got to "this place", I tried a High Quality OGG. To me, it didbn't stack up to a 320 KB MP3. I tried 3 actually. 1 . was "Aerosmith - Dream On ". From the first album. The results were less than satisfactory.
Giving OGG the benefit of the doubt, I then got HQ OGG "Aerosmith - What It Takes" a newer and presumably higher quality source and "Mountain - Mississippi Queen". Not so great. I then sprang for the same songs in MP 320 ABR (vbr) and the difference was palpable. That's what I mean, too. I could feel the difference.
I know that some of you folks are sold on OGG as the best but my experience has shown it to sound hollow. No punch at high volumes. And I very much like to make the windows rattle and my colon hum.
Why else would I have twice my considerable weight in speakers in this room?
Although I had never heard of a 384 KB MP3 before either, they do exist. They are even starting to make portable MP3 players that play them. I wish MC would play them. Based on the new info from WarrenPeace, maybe QuickTime would play it. Or DIVX.