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Sound format question....

Since stepping up to a pretty good Reference grade Audiophile set up (Set up and configured for music only) There's been only one downside... My ears have become fine tuned enough to immediately notice the difference in sound format. So much to the point where I don't like even the best MP3 music. It's so noticeably lacking in range, depth, and feel. Question? Like many, regardless of wide variance in sound I do like Pandora, but why is it that from random song to song on Pandora I am hearing "ok that track sounds pretty good" or "Why does this Pandora track sound like ultra compressed garbage? It's about 50/50 and regardless of new or old song will vary so much in terms of sound quality.

Could this be an issue with my sound source? I'm using an Oppo BDP-105 and piped in Analog. No digital.
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What version of Pandora are you listening to? The free version is low bitrate MP3. Even Pandora One (premium version) is only 192kbps MP3, not high quality except by comparison to the free version.

I do not know what the rest of your system is but, judging from the fact that you have a BDP-105, it is likely that it is good enough that you are hearing the limitations of the source material. You need to find another one.
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