You guys are great. I kinda sorta follow that answer, part of it, though I don't know what a ARM thingie does. I know binary means 2. My neighbors think I'm a computer wiz cuz I can install a hard drive, ha. I think I did copy them at the 190kbps. I first tried saving them as wav files, thinking that would be best, but the receiver won't read those. I can't find a mention in the receiver manual to what type of files it will read. Can most people hear a difference between these different bit rates? I kinda wonder about the people who claim they hear a big difference between vinyl records and CDs.