AAC vs MP3

[MrSinatra]

hi all,

first, i did a search, and couldn't find what i wanted, so here are my questions, all comments welcome:

i currently encode my radio station live via soundcard input at 32, 96 and 128kbps with the mp3 encoder. i am NOT concerned with bandwidth costs, only with purity of sound and user ease of use.

1. is aac+ only meant for lower bandwidths?

2. if yes, at what point does mp3 eclipse aac+?

3. what bitrate of AAC+ would be equitable to the mp3 bitrates i use?

4. or, is AAC+ better than the 3.96.1 lame winamp uses at any rate?

*** usage:

5. besides telling the encoder to use aac+, what else do i need to do so my users can use it?

6. at my site, i have a page of links for different players, see here:

http://www.lion-radio.org/wkps/listenlive.php

will my links for wmp or real work?

or, can i modify them somehow to make them work? if so, how?

thanks for the help, -mdw