This is really surprising and no wonder the music sounds better on every other music provider: https://community.pandora.com/t5/Other-Devices/In-home-device-audio-quality/m-p/79803/highlight/true#M8978 Quote: Currently, most in-home devices receive 128k MP3 audio - whether the account is free or paid. Mobile devices receive a variety of different rates depending on the capability of the device and the network they are on, but never more than 64k AAC+. On our website, Pandora plays 64k AAC+ for free listeners and 192k for Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium subscribers.
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