Critic's Corner

Posted by WW85 (A) on February 07, 2008 at 20:08:06

In Reply to: RE: Messrs. Atkinson and Fremer are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take it anymore! posted by regmac on January 26, 2008 at 12:44:36

In other words, saying kids think an ipod is the best and only way to listen to music is naive and an insult to them. They can hear the difference, trust me. My teenager has blown out my speakers multiple times because she doesn't want to listen to crap computer speakers all the time.

It's all relative. Ipods revolutionized an industry and deliver music better than any portable device ever has. They sound great even with the stock earphones and far better with really good ones. But they are for music on the go. Using them as a player at home is just plain stupid imho. Not because they don't sound decent when hooked up to good speakers, but because they all break eventually and they are incredibly expensive to repair and replace.

If people would look at the glass half full scenario, ipods and pc based music has introduced a whole generation to high quality sound at a very young age. (think of the tinny radios, record players and boom boxes other generations grew up on)

This is a new generation of audiophiles and they know the difference between good sound and bad when they hear it. When my daughters friends hear lossless files coming through my pc audio system they are amazed, they will remember that in a few years when they are furnishing their first houses and apartments. Will they go vinyl? No, not in big numbers, even though it is the rage on college campuses right now. They won't need cd's either. But enough of them will know the difference between lo-res and hi-res to keep the audiophile world intact.

There will always be music lovers, the old fogey's just have to let it go if the next generation finds nirvana in a new format.