There's nothing stopping you from downloading a full length wav aside from bandwidth now. There's also "lossless compression" which can be used and is available free of charge. It won't compress as a nice as a 320kbit MP3. But, if you can truly hear the difference, push people to use the lossless codec. Personally, I've never cared about packaging. It usually gets lost or damaged somewhere along the way. I just want the sounds and I'm quite happy with mp3. As it stands, I can listen to mp3 in my car, where I do most of my listening to music, thanks to the wonder of a $40 discman.