*Gasp!* You mean back when the top 25 downloads were still at the TOP of the page?! And when the Poll feature actually WORKED? xD Ah, the good old days. Back when you could visit the site several times a day and there'd be new uploads every time.
Uploading to the site is how we obtain the files from the author already. We download them, shift them onto dropbox, delete the file and replace it with the link. Do you mean that we'd have to approve the file, then replace the file with the link?
129kbps has always worked for me in the past. When I drafted the tutorial on editing the menu music I cross-checked with a few other sources as well and it seemed to be a common setting that worked for people. Would "129kbps or higher" make any sense in this case?