I'm not sure which direction this thread is going...is it the medium in which we listen to music or is it the technical wizardry being used to mask the lackluster talent of late?
What I gathered from the original post, was the compression inherent with mp3 taking the life out of a classic song.
Remember when you would strive to get better stereo gear in order to hear a favorite album the way it was meant to be heard? Or you listened to the flagship setup at a local stereo salon and ogled at just how good that song sounded then.
Nowadays, folks are satisfied with downloading stuff on the internet at a lower quality than CD wav file formats...go figure.
