[yourgrandma]

I agree, there really isnt much out there that would encourage someone to buy a nice system. All you need now is an iPod filled with low bitrate mp3s and some cheap heardphones or stock car speakers and 15kw worth of Best Buy amps an eight or ten of the cheapest subs you can fit in your car to be considered an audiophile these days.

Quantity over quality has doomed us to listening to ever louder, less dynamic masters and people with poor taste and a lot of mom and dads money ensure there will be a steady supply of rap and emo punk rock bands to fill all those mp3 players with poorly mixed, low quality music, compressed to the point where it sounds like a cellphone ringer.