Please allow 320kbps OPUS playback

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Please in Roon ARC allow users to set 320kbps as the bitrate for the OPUS codec.

I realise that most (if not all) listeners cannot tell the difference between 256kpbs and 320kbps directly. But many people using Roon ARC will be listening on their Bluetooth headphones and cars, which will usually require a lossy to lossy transcode. In the case of iOS, the resulting AAC Bluetooth stream is 256kpbs. Because lossy to lossy transcodes are inherently more likely to introduce audible artifacts, keeping the original Opus stream at a higher bitrate should reduce the impact on quality. Whilst at the same time allowing less cellular bandwidth usage than the High Quality setting. I believe this is the best compromise short of licensing an AAC encoder for Roon.

Thanks!

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I would also add, that implementing this request would likely be relatively trivial, since it would only involve minimal UI changes and adding an additional preset to the codec that is already in use.

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