&gt; I don&#x27;t know exactly what bit rate they&#x27;re streaming at, but, it sounds pretty bad on mobile<p>Free Pandora maybe but Spotify doesn&#x27;t. Spotify&#x27;s bitrates are pretty good for most content and very good if you have a paid account with high bitrates turned on.<p>Some content is poorly recorded, mixed, and&#x2F;or mastered which will sound bad at any bitrate.