A bit rate of 128 or higher is, for most listeners, virtually equivalent to audio CD quality.
The game also features a CD quality orchestral soundtrack.
MP3 can compress a song by a factor of 10 or 12 and still retain something close to CD quality.
CD sound quality may be better, but people can go home and listen to their CD's.
Sound may be CD quality and can improve transcription accuracy and speed.
Although digital, the sound is not CD quality.
"Grammy winning record producer says CD quality isn't good enough".
MP3 music is often described as "near CD quality."
What bit rate will yield something close to CD sound quality without taking up vast amounts of hard-drive space?
They say further that the original soundtrack has been restored to "CD quality."