Robots' Choice

I just got turned onto Dean Ween's blog, Brownie Troop 666. He's got a post up talking about this Rolling Stone.com article.

It reminds me of the battles I used to have with friends over the audible differences between SHNs and MP3s. It used to drive me nuts when people would opt for the easy download rather than take the extra step to ensure they'd hear every cymbal crash and every high-hat shutter independently. But that was years ago, and since MP3s have since propagated so completely, making them the preferred method of storing and playing music, I've been assuming that the technology had somehow improved. It's really disheartening to discover that that's not the case. Once again we've succumbed to lowered expectations.