dhallag wrote: > Yes to all of the above. ;) At the same time, I see the market a > little differently. So I live in Chicago and have good relations with > two high end audio consultants here called "Decibel" and "Audio > Consultants" I too am frustrated with companies like Sonos and Apple > and Spotify as they I feel are complicit with it being ok to listen to > crappy quality music. Decibel is expanding it's services and Audio > Consultant is consolidating. I don't think it's a coincidence that a > short time after the move from CD's to digital music streaming, there's > been an upsurge in vinyl. Even in crappy home systems, the vinyl sounds > better. At the same time, much of the move also has to do with the > listening experience -- reading a seeing the music and the artist. And > people including me want convenience. The debate about the difference > between the purist listener who doesn't care about metadata versus the > convenience of digital media streaming is crap. It's the wrong debate > to be having because it puts us at odds over the entire music > experience. There is no one right way or wrong way to listen to music. > We need to stop fighting about our turf and understand that the entire > music experience is important: music source quality, ease of use, ease > of access, how you listen to music, metadata, and how it sounds. And we > have the technology to bring it all together. I spent a ton of time, > effort and money to insure that my music sounds excellent within excess > dollars. Everyone loves the sound of my place. At the same time, > everyone loves the klarita Muso "Now Playing" screen that they see while > listening to music. > > If we want LMS to be around for a while, we gotta address this as a > community and put away our 'elitist' turf wars. Companies like > BlueSound and Roonlabs will be eating LMS's lunch in two - five years if > we don't.
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