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Music Has Always Sounded Bad! A Reponse to "The Distortion in Sound"
... Aside from ultimately wondering what the point of this documentary was, I also felt that, while I may agree with the conclusion that the masses may be missing out on the finer nuances of their music, as original recorded, their arguments were a little weak. Saying that compressed audio through tiny earbuds or cheap, on-board computer speakers, sounds bad compared to the original recordings is true enough, but to suggest that this is something new and that some undeclared action must be taken is disingenuous at best. The fact is that the masses have been listening to comparatively poor sounding music for decades. It's simply a case of whether the music sounds "good enough." Consumers weigh this against other factors in their listening experience like: portability, accessibility, and cost. The fact is the masses are saying with their wallets that compressed music is, at most times. good enough....
