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In Reply to: RE: iPod - happy 13th birthday today! posted by mkuller on October 23, 2014 at 14:24:44
No offense to MP3 lovers, but these devices irreparably harmed the fundamentals of recorded music given their inherently lo-fi nature and lossy codec. Generations will grow up never having heard music reproduced with all the information intact, nor will they ever experience true hi-fidelity. Convenience and portability are all fine, but the overwhelming loss of attention span, and the commodification of music as disposable bits - nothing to celebrate there in the least.
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There is nothing "inherently" lo-fi about it. iPod (or any other portable) does not necessarily equal MP3 or poor SQMy classic has 160 Gb of lossless files, played through Etymotic earphones, sometimes through a portable cmoy amp. I am willing to bet the SQ well exceeds the *average* (non-inmate) home stereo.
Does anyone remember traveling in the days before convenient portable music? Maybe you carried a little briefcase of cassettes, but mostly you were stuck listening to local radio. Now you can carry an entire collection and have whatever you want whenever you want. I know I listen to a lot more music thanks to my iPod than otherwise I could with a few hours of free time at home.
My teenage daughter and her friends listen to more music than I ever did at their age, thanks to portable devices and streaming services. They are music lovers, not gear snobs. I am convinced that is good for music overall.
Edits: 10/25/14
My iPod sounds a lot better than any of the portable cassette players I had previously.
Headphone hi-fi is bigger than it ever was, and the head-fi market is being driven mostly by the generation that came of age listening to MP3s.
The same generation has made vinyl mainstream again.
The loudness wars ruined a generation of music, not MP3s.
...we grew up on 8-tracks and cassettes but became audiophiles.
Have faith in the younger music lovers - they are listening to more music than ever before.
Many have adopted vinyl because it's cool and sounds more relaxed and natural to them.
We can thank Apple and Steve Jobs for making record stores extinct.
...there is Rasputin and Amoeba Music in Berkeley.
Amoeba in SF.
Worth the trip.
Many more in cities and college towns.
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