The problem with Soundcloud is that the freely available &quot;preview&quot; versions are 128 kbps transcodes,[1] which is pretty mediocre quality (and possibly worse, if the source was lossy to begin with).<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uploadandmanage.help.soundcloud.com&#x2F;customer&#x2F;portal&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2162441-uploading-requirements" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uploadandmanage.help.soundcloud.com&#x2F;customer&#x2F;portal&#x2F;a...</a>