I have a followup question to the one about doing my own recording.

In my research, I stumbled across OTR (Old Time Radio). Lots of sites out there devoted to it. And they all advertise various things, but it seems to come down to people making their own recordings (transfer from reel to reel tape or transcription discs), transferring these to computer, then compressing into mp3 format, then putting the shows on disc to sell.

32kbs seems to be standard for most of the compressed shows (100 half-hour shows on a disc), but some of the sellers offer 64 kbs, 128, etc. But some swear there's no discernible difference. I don't know. No experience.

Any opinions on this? On possible differences in sound quality?