Yup, use WinAMP ppl, best of all... Well, if it's tuned up with a couple of plugins

Anyway. Answers!
I've encoded the files to OGG, cuz the MV_MUSIC files are in OGG. I'd never ever use WMA btw

My favoured compression is MP3Pro, as it's maybe even better a compresson than OGG, it's encoded about 4 times faster, and my MP3 Player supports it ^^ Otherwise HE-AAC is good too. But I think FreeSpace doesn't support them, does it?

Oh, and normal MP3... Now that's

worse than any of the others.
Cobra: Buy some real speaker system

On a low-end system one would only hear that it's a bit higher in volume. Or if you have a better system, then maybe you've turned the woofer too high up and it can't handle any more, hehe

About the static, yes, I know. Unfortunately the basic tracks had it as well, and the treble I've added to the songs emphasizes it a little. I couldn't really do anything about it, maybe I'll try to if many ppl will go on about the static, but I think it's just too hardly noticed and in too few songs, just isn't worth to bother

Backslash: Converted the sampling rate to 44kHz with an anti-alias filter (it should smooth the sound a tiny bit) then added harmonic bass (very low frequency), drum bass, and harmonic treble (very high treble). Added some echoing to briefing and debriefing tracks and... Well, all that turned up like hell for the Psamtik track.