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In Reply to: Just scroll down a couple of stories and... posted by Merlot_cat on July 22, 2017 at 23:20:37:
Sony at least have ears and a measure of integrity. I see it in the design of their equipment and perhaps in their overall strategy. I don't care of they're slow responding to market influences, really. I'm 10x as slow... What matters is that Sony seem like they actually listen to music and give a damn about it. Outside of the high-end audio world there's few companies that can say that meaningfully. They have convinced me anyway.
They are planning for the streaming/downloadable future but I will rely on them to approach it carefully, striking a balance of cost/ complexity/ sound-quality that is somehow livable. I guess I'm a Sony fan-bear.
I don't know if you love classical music but read the article below. It's interesting and applies to all forms of recorded music I reckon.
The upshot is "Virtually the entire recorded history of classical music will vanish from the [shelves]. None of the pre-2000 material had digital rights cleared when it was recorded and the cost of clearing these rights now dwarfs any income that could result. There is no commercially viable model for reviving this material. ...The remaining 3 "major" labels - Universal, Sony and EMI - will be out of the classical business* within 2 years. They will create no more than a handful of additional classical CD's." [* author is referring to durable media, like CD's, in this instance]
Hang on to your CD's and hope that someone like Sony (someone with ears, that have industry-wide clout) comes up with a REALLY GOOD idea by around 2020. I went to the LA Audio Show this year and didn't catch any glimpses of a brilliant golden audio future.
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- RE: I rank Sony amongst the intelligent... - mr.bear 11:49:03 07/23/17 (0)