ralphpnj wrote: > I think that your optimism about consumers being educated is just a > little bit off after all Beats are still the number one selling > headphones and by a very wide margin. I think that it's less about > rejecting high resolution audio per se and more about just not needing a > media player other than their smart phone (in the case of Pono) in > addition to being told that to truly appreciate hi-rez audio they would > need better (and more expensive) playback equipment. > > That last part comes from the simple fact that when a "high resolution" > audio file is played back on their smart phone and Beats headphones they > can't hear any difference from their mp3 version and so the industry's > answer is to try and sell them something. Doesn't seem to be working > just like 3D HDTV didn't work.
No need to be so pessimistic Ralph! I totally understand that the common teenager/young adult music listener isn't necessarily into high fidelity and won't care. Fashion rules in that space. But the ones who do care about fidelity - the ones who might be intrigued by "high resolution" as promoted by Neil Young or would look at product specs to check out MQA - those people can be "reached". Likewise the serious music lover - guys who would wander into Steve Hoffman Forums for example - I know those guys also understand that there is more than a little hype. Finally, I do believe when you look at places like Stereophile and AudioStream website, people are getting more than a little sick of the BS. When the audiophile magazines see that serious "hi-fi" lovers "get it", they will change. The predictable death of Pono and likely gradual tarnishing of MQA are useful reminders to audiophiles the ridiculous hype being perpetuated. At some point, I think we reach a point where "faith" is lost and the religion of the "high end" will crumble. Stay the course, Ralph :-). Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
