Despite inferior sound recording quality of the time period these shows were recorded, most shows' sound quality is relatively good.
Although MP3 bitrates vary from series to series, our old time radio shows are stored at 32kps to 64kps.
By today's standards, these vintage recordings are relatively low-fidelity. There is little loss of sound quality due to MP3 compression at these bitrate setting. More important than the actual bitrate of the MP3 is the quality of the original media. OTRCAT strives to encode, collect, and organize the best quality recordings available.
You can listen to a full episode from most series to sample to the sound quality online. Near the top right of a log page, there is a sample episode that you can listen to a streaming show or download the MP3 file to your computer.
There are also new episodes every day on FREE OLD TIME RADIO DOWNLOADS PAGE.