Nandro

I am pretty new to SS, having used Rio MP3 devices and then changing over to iPod. Before I get the iPod abuse, it does have a lot of advantages that I wont get into. My issue currently as my wife has claimed the iPod due to the FM transmitter letting her listen while she drives, leaves me happily with my D-NE710 PCDP. This thing sounds great, and I have no issues with sound quality or ATRAC for that matter. To me, Open source, closed, who cares as long as I enjoy my tunes. Anyhow to the issue. I have some live recordings that I have imported into iTunes for my wife and the bit rate is 225. When I import the same songes they show un in SS as 128 no matter what I try. Is there a setting I am missing? I have read all the manuals and searched and cannot find what I am doing wrong. Anyhow sorry if its a silly question, 1st time poster, go easy on me!