Death of hi-fi predicted; podcast at 11

[unixronin]

"Apple Computer, on the bus, with the iPod."

According to this article, the iPod — or, more accurately, the current ubiquity of music-on-the-go via a small portable player — is killing hi-fi.  JVC and Kenwood just merged in an effort to cut costs and stay competitive in a shrinking and crowded market, and the parent company of Denon, Marantz Boston Acoustics, Snell Acoustics and McIntosh is up for sale.

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I do think the DACs in most mid-fi and better dedicated-CD players are a touch better than the DACs in the commodity-grade DVD/CD/MP3-CD players though. Maybe it's just my imagination.