iTunes radio - Bit Rate and recording

There is an ongoing comparision to Pandora however, I suggest that Pandora offers a better value by far:

1. iTunes Radio does not state bit-rate

2. Pandora One is 192kb for $40/yr, with no adds; free Pandora is 64kb and has adds

3. PandoraJam permits recording to Mac, $15 one-time cost, 192kb unlimited downoads

4. iTunes Match, at $25/yr, permits saving current and paid misic to iCloud plus no adds, but STILL charges $1.29/song.

NOTE: I am pro Apple and nearly all my IT devices are Apple however; this is a difficult business case.

Can anyone tell me why iTunes Radio would be a better deal?

PB G4, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 3:57 PM

Jul 3, 2015 8:00 AM in response to soundegr7

I have been listening to Apple Music radio service, I am very strict on playlists quality and I have to say that the difference with Apple radio service is the people that chooses the music that is played, they seem like very experienced people because songs are homogenous and also include some touches of variances of the style that is played in each station, that is good, just been listening to some stations and result is very professional regarding to music selection. In the other hand I would like to know what is the bitrate so I can dare to use it while driving and spend my cellular data package, I also would like that Apple considered a way to choose the bitrate used on cellular and the used in Wi-Fi.