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Here's an article with an interesting static.
BlutoSee link below:
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/iPods_And_Portable_Players/iPods/X5H7Q3P2"iPod users are turning to classical music in droves with some analysts saying that the next big thing could be the return of quality 2 channel Hi Fi."
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I recently posted something similar to this line of thought. I think this is a true enough statement, even though we won't see folks lining up in droves to listen to classical, I believe that as people purchase higher quality headphones to listen to and perhaps this MSB thing or something similar when they are in their dorm room or office etc., folks may be interested to try their luck at something we here find more conventional.I have three younger brothers, none of which have even the slightest interest in high fidelity gear (they are still quite young and do enjoy SLAMMING bass) but one thing that has happened is that since they have been using an iPod or DAP their choice in music has broadened quite a bit. They are even asking me about some jazz and classical artists I enjoy. This is a great start and maybe one day they will all own a decent 2 channel setup. Or even if they go for the 5.1, if it is capable at great 2 chan too, hey at least it's something!
IMO, a good iPod + good buds (e.g. Shure E2C) with uncompressed files can sound better, make much better music, than most folks have ever heard (present company excepted, of course). Friends who listen to my iPod and E2Cs are uniformly blown away.All music sounds better on a better system, but IMO fine sound is particularly friendly to classical. Classical instruments and orchestras have been perfected over hundreds of years and can produce an amazing range of sounds and emotions. It can be appreciated on an old radio, but if new people are to get the point, be grabbed emotionally and intellectually, you need great performances rendered on a great system. The iPod makes this reasonably possible for a few hundred dollars.
If this develops into a larger trend, it may lead to more music recorded and sold in (relatively) uncompressed formats. Only when the average Joe and Susie can hear, appreciate, and is willing to pay for good source material will good sound be safe. Most people won't spend $1000 on a system and there are too few audiophiles; thus the iPod (or some other route to "way better than Bose" under $500) is our only hope.
Of course, botique CDs and SACDs will always be available, but these folks will always have fairly limited catalogs.
Could a small part of this turn to classical music among the youth ipod users (described in the article) be that the headphones and the lack of incriminating physical media give the listener total privacy and thus remove the strong adolescent peer pressure against this "music for fags"?
Could be so, nobody will pick on you if they can't find an excuse (sort of). So discreetly listening to classical music might leave an avenue open for them.
I used to work in the on the race circuit with supersport riders. I would listen to classical music and wear my Opera house and Royal ballet 'T' shirts... but being 6 foot and armed with power tools and large spanners, I didn't get any agro' from nobody. In the evenings whilst I was spannering away, you would sometimes have a listening audience.
could not find a reference to it in the April/May issue Absolute Sound.Thanks
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