If you want near CD-quality on the MP3-codec, you need at least a bitrate of 192 kbits/sec...
If you want CD-quality on the MP3-codec, you need at least a bitrate of 256 kbits/sec...
Those rates are much smaller on Vorbis, 128 kbits/sec already gives near CD-quality, and 160 kbits/sec and up will give CD-quality in almost all cases...
If you think MP3 @ 128 kbits/sec is CD-quality you're near deaf.
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If you want near CD-quality on the MP3-codec, you need at least a bitrate of 192 kbits/sec... If you want CD-quality on the MP3-codec, you need at least a bitrate of 256 kbits/sec... Those rates are much smaller on Vorbis, 128 kbits/sec already gives near CD-quality, and 160 kbits/sec and up will give CD-quality in almost all cases... If you think MP3 @ 128 kbits/sec is CD-quality you're near deaf.