Napster WMA Quality

[CJF1983]

Can anyone tell me the exact WMA Encode used by Napster currently and the specifications as well, what I mean is Bit Rate, Channels, Hz’s, CBR? or VBR I am trying to encode at the highest quality from Protected WMA to WMA and would like some input on the best WMA Encodes.

Examples:
WMA Lossless
WMA VBR
WMA CBR

And I would also like to know why one would believe WMA to be better then MP3 if such idea exists.

Thanks,

[negritude]

This might help somewhat:

What is the bitrate of the WMA files on Napster?

As for WMA vs. MP3, WMA is better at bitrates lower than 128K. At 128K or above, MP3 is better. This is just a general assessment, as there are too many variables to give an asbolute or definitive answer. See:

http://www.mp3-tech.org/tests/wma9/index.html

And lossless will always be better than anything, so if you want the absolute best sound, go for that.