"Nexus 6" wrote in message
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Speaking of MP3's, I'm more than a little disturbed by how
good they can sound, even with all of that information
missing.

No matter what Atkinsin and the other golden-eared science-haters and
abusers say, psychoacoustics works.

Ironically my latest audio acquisition of note was a portable device that is
best known as a MP3 player, but in my case it's 100% loaded with .wav files.

****ing freaky ****, if you ask me. I know you
didn't, but I don't give a damn. MP3's are especially scary
in that SACD and DVD-A are failing miserably, and will
probably disappear from the market unless a vanishing breed
of audiophiles can keep it alive.

High end audio was always mostly a boomer thing. Younger folks, with a few
exceptions, are into mobile audio and HT.

Time marches on and most boomers are getting old enough that their hearing
is going the way of the Mohicans. With a few exceptions that means that
audio will mean less and less to them.

Combo SACD-DVD-A players from first tier manufacturers are now out with SRPs
that have slipped below $200. All that is needed is for Apex to come out
with a mini model for $39.95... Stick a fork in 'em, they're close to being
done.

With Sony's losses in their Viao computer line snarfing up cash flow from
game boxes, they won't be able to push SACD forever with diminishing
returns, like they did with Beta.

This means that CD will/has become the defacto archival standard, a
frightening prospect.

The only thing that CD has ever seriously frightened is the vinyl bigots.