That number is common in professional contexts, Apple is just publishing the highest “quality” available. Whether this is useful is up to the listener, who can

That number is common in professional contexts, Apple is just publishing the highest “quality” available. Whether this is useful is up to the listener, who can just as well decide to listen to 192kbps AAC instead. In a world where videos and photos are still shared at laughable resolutions, let’s not scorn decisions to preserve media in the highest possible quality.