I have been signed up for a long time and I think it's great. I haven't had a problem playing anything on the empeg or my riot. 128k sounds fine to me but thats personal opinion. I haven't wasted my time ripping songs at a bunch of bit rates and comparing them.

I originaly signed up because of the epitaph stuff but I have found many bands I have never heard of that I like (like elf power) .

It's like less than the cost of one cd a month so it's not hard to justify for me.