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**Abstract** | **Abstract** | ||
- | We establish that a relationship exists between an age' | + | We establish that a relationship exists between an age' |
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relationship with phone as "life repository" | relationship with phone as "life repository" | ||
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+ | ===== What's next? ===== | ||
Without doubt, future changes in sociology and technology will occur, and these changes will impact mainstream audio consumption. The exact changes that are likely to happen are not clear. However, we can engage in some speculation. | Without doubt, future changes in sociology and technology will occur, and these changes will impact mainstream audio consumption. The exact changes that are likely to happen are not clear. However, we can engage in some speculation. | ||
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One possible outcome for those with means is an increase in " | One possible outcome for those with means is an increase in " | ||
- | ===== Implications for high-end audio ===== | + | ==== Implications for high-end audio ===== |
A relationship between an age's dominant audio delivery media and the sociology of that age is evident. Equally evident is the impact of these on successful audio system design. | A relationship between an age's dominant audio delivery media and the sociology of that age is evident. Equally evident is the impact of these on successful audio system design. | ||
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The high-end' | The high-end' | ||
- | There are strong indications that depth of the high-end niche (which is to say, the interest on the part of existing user demographics to bear a cost in the pursuit of higher experiences) has saturated in the US. Given this and the fact that the width of a narrowing niche eventually approaches zero, the prognosis for high-end audio isn't good. Even if the former were able to be overcome (e.g., with convincing promises of yet better performance), | + | There are strong indications that the depth of the high-end niche (which is to say, the interest on the part of existing user demographics to bear a cost in the pursuit of higher experiences) has saturated in the U.S. Given this and the fact that the width of a narrowing niche eventually approaches zero, the prognosis for high-end audio isn't good. Even if the former were able to be overcome (e.g., with convincing promises of yet better performance), |
In the absence of profound change, the fate of high-end audio in America is clear. | In the absence of profound change, the fate of high-end audio in America is clear. | ||
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