The Death of High Fidelity

[Bill Fox]

paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net wrote:
>> http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity
>>     
> having finally read the article.
> I'd have to take issue with it's points.
> It's not Things like ProTools and MP3 that make music sound crap and
> stale, it's the musicians...
>   
In many cases, I agree because talent (especially in the composition 
department) is no longer the biggest prerequisite, if it's even on the 
list in many cases!  It's all about selling product.  Nothing much else 
seems to matter.  However, I must say that MP3 and other compression 
formats are antithesis to the notion of high fidelity.  They're only 
good for saving disk space and reducing transmission bandwidth/download 
time.  Anything better than your common garden variety computer audio 
system is overkill for MP3 et al and will make the sonic artifacts more 
obvious...  Painfully obvious on a true high fidelity sound system.

Cheers,

Bill