Fast forward 25 years, what will audio be like?

Well, let's look BACK twenty five years to refresh our memories of how much change has truly occurred (or hasn't) over the previous twenty five. Personally, I don't think that, fundamentally, it will be that much different than it is now. Sure, there will be some new digital format(s), music downloads will have an even larger share of all music sales, and we are sure to see ever more expensive gear. However, I predict that vinyl will still be considered king by many, and tubes will still be around in spite of "advances" in ss technology. I also predict that the biggest surprise for audiophiles will come in the areas of power delivery/"conditioning" and, for the masses, in modulated ultra sound technology for wireless and speaker- less surround sound.

Amazing how some people just can't help but be jerks, Who said anything about importance? That was precisely my point. Or was my point too subtle for you to grasp?

Offended? Nah! I save that for things (and people) that really matter. Let's just say that I have a knee jerk reaction to useless sniping from posters who make no relevant contribution of their own to a thread, but see it fit to comment about others' contributions; especially when done in a sarcastic way. Now, cool? We'll have to agree to disagree about the definition of that. Cheers.

Now for something that matters:

****History teaches us its usually fairly easy to see what's coming but most of us lack the courage to look reality in the face, preferring to live in our own delusions.

The standard method is to make things more complicated than they really are so we can feel better about not wanting to endure how merely difficult they are.****

I nominate that for the list of best posts ever made to this forum.

Damn! I remember those days. It would kill me now :-)