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...I sure would like to see a resurgence of audiophile recordings. If studio music is recorded on 24 track devices why cant we buy high quality cd's? I would think the death of 2 channel would be lack of decent recorded material.
There is plenty of high quality material! It's just going to cost either time or money.
In a similar vein, CD sales will probably never be surpassed by vinyl sales even though vinyl is currently the fastest growing segment of the music business. - Jim
Ask yourself this though.Is vinyl the fastest growing or is it simply that CD sales are flat line dead due to Itunes and other avenues of downloadable music?Basically is vinyl growing or is it that cd's are shrinking so fast that vinyl is taking a larger part of a market but not really a lot more VOLUME.If I had to guess it would be a combination of the two.
I mean no offense but this is what segment of the market is dying basically.Allow me to share a story with you that might hit close to home Audiotom.....Alterman audio located right around the corner from both of us just went out of business not long ago. They went out of business due to an antiquated way of thinking about audio. Audio Resource had the same thing happen not long ago. Wilson audio still exists but I'm not sure how and they are losing money hand over fist.The reason that is is because the owners/employees of those places do not understand how the delivery of not just music but sound has changed and how it will continue to change. You cannot tell me that Adele live at Royal Albert Hall or Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds live at Radio City is horribly recorded and sounds poor on my Integra 40.2 receiver, with HT3's, and Emotiva amplification....... It sounds freakin' amazing.The reason all of the high end boutique shops with 100% analog equipment, nothing but vinyl, etc are going out of business is not because 2 channel is dead it is because when I walk in the door and tell them my equipment list and what I'm shopping for they tell me I'M STUPID BECAUSE I DON'T OWN a 2 CHANNEL ONLY SETUP AND ONLY LISTEN TO VINYL.That is EXACTLY what happened the last time I went in both Wilson Audio and Alterman Audio which is EXACTLY why the former is dying and the latter is dead.Is it coincidence that New Orleans Audio Video sells Sonos products and they are blowing product off the shelves?
But the lack of dealers does not mean 2-channel audio is dead...far from it. Each time we attend an audio show, we see a number of new audio companies. And many of them are only selling gear for 2-channel systems. Obviously, they couldn't survive unless someone was purchasing their products.Times change.- Jim