Re: [ARSCLIST] Globe: Death knell sounds for CDs

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

It used to be a fact that younger people heard better than older ones.

In a completely unscientific study, it has been learned that earbuds, audio 
compression and continual high listening levels by younger listeners will 
reverse the proces by 2011.  Older people will be the only ones left with 
decent hearing, sometimes abeted by decent hearing aids.

The industry-wide consequence will be that the only ones capable of hearing 
and tolerating uncompressed audio will be the (bass) boomers and their 
predecessors, predeceased.

We'll finally dominate the record market.

This earbud's for you,

Steve Smolian






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:17 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Globe: Death knell sounds for CDs


> From Thursday's Globe and Mail
>
> June 18, 2008 at 11:05 PM EDT
>
> The compact disc has less than three years left in its reign atop the 
> music industry in Canada, with new data on music sales indicating the 
> download will officially be king by 2011.
>
> continue here:
>
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080618.wmedia19/BNStory/Technology/?cid=al_gam_nletter_techweekly
>
> Interesting...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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