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yourgrandma wrote:
 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. |
That's kind of cynical, don't you think? I'm sure you couldn't find true audiophiles in their teens and early twenties in any of the post-WWII decades. There will always be generational shifts and cycles, but today's age bracket that gravitates toward messy loud distorted car bass will mature. An interest in accomplishing
something special in SPL will evolve for some into an interest in achieving
something special in musical accuracy.
Also, technology has allowed for greater music access and portability than ever before. These new outlets expose the computer-reliant generations to far more than what the major record labels produce to maximize profit and FM play to the masses. Independent and international music have enriched the musical palate much more today than was ever possible before. I think that greater access and portability will ultimately widen interest in reproducing quality music at home, and eventually promote growth in the audiophile community. At least, that's my hope...