There are almost no 128 downloads on eMusic. Mostly (probably 99.9%) VBR MP3 
files. Sound quality is the best of any of the download servicers, although 
Audiolunchbox is about the same.

>From: "Craig Leve" <CraigL@ori.org>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: EMusic
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:29:57 -0800
>
>I joined up about a month ago - don't know what took me so long.  I've
>got a wish list that's already quite long - a feature my sieve/brain
>really appreciates. I did download the new Josh Rouse, which placed me
>in the odd predicament of liking it SO much I ended up buying the album
>outright. I also downloaded Johan's "Pergola" from 2001 which is just
>terrific.
>
>I'm surprised that folks haven't mentioned the exclusive live material
>that Emusic offers. They have a recent Grip Weeds show available for
>download and I know I picked up an Archer Prewitt live set. And as
>Michael Roux and others mentioned the whole world of Parasol is there
>for the picking. If you're a Velvet Crush fan, there's a trove of stuff
>there.
>
>I'm not the biggest fan of 128 kps MP3 format, but for me I can listen
>to something I might consider picking up on CD, decide if it's worth it,
>and then triage onwards (dump, keep, want on CD).
>
>-craig
>
>n.p. v/a - The Trip presented by Saint Etienne (some truly amazing
>obscure gems on this 2 CD set that folks here would like. Some that I
>can find almost no additional info regarding.  It's definitely not all
>pop, but if you like Northern soul, Morricone soundtracks, 70's soul and
>60's soft pop - this is remarkable mix. The one caveat is it's true to
>it's DJ format and many of the tracks are cross-faded.  Still as I said
>- it's littered with terrific obscurities and the sound of vinyl can be
>detected at various points - anyone else heard it..care to comment?).
>
>