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Re: MP3's, iPod, iTunes etc. may eventually lead to further casualties beyond Atma-Sphere

I don't see a shortage of critical listeners, or true music lovers that know cymbal sound from shine-ola. New music and it's accesability (portability)to me, simply means more enlightened music lovers enjoying more music.

Sure, most of this generation has no use for amps with "lightbulbs" sticking out. Still it's a bit presumptious to make aesthetic and value judgements against a genre's music, production of the music and it's appreciation.

There's been plenty of small "cottage industry" types that have been around as long as Atma-sphere that will continue just fine. The good thing about tubes amps particularly is that they are repairable. An Atma-spere could be repaired by plenty of thermio techs long after your Panny-wasted(broken digital consumer grade amp). It is because of tube circuits dependability and durability that they are enjoying a rennaisance (read: expansion)here as we speak. Solid state has had a good 45-50 years to do away with tubes. Nope, not gonna happen.

TC


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