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Fast forward 25 years, what will audio be like?

Seems like in the past 25 years audio has changed so much - cassettes, cds, servers, hard drives...... composite speaker materials..... network servers..... surround sound - AV systems.....
One can only wonder what systems will consist of 25 years from now.
Clearly there's a trend towards computers meshing with TV/Audio...
I wonder what audiophiles will utilize for components, source material and technologies.
Some aspects of audio become obsolete ex) cassettes yet others like turn tables - LPs, tube based components seem to evolve and endure.
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mapman
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Better sound more readily available, more music than ever to listen to. :-)

Same thing 50, 100, 200 years, in the year 2525..."if man is still alive". :-(
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mapman
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"Under circumstances like that, audio will be an impossible luxury. "

High end audio is already a luxury.

Good sound is more available to more today than ever before. It starts with an ipod and earbuds. IT gets better from there as needed. A computer, decent DAC and headphones is well within the reach of many and can sound pretty darn good, though perhaps not by audiophile standards, which have and always will exist in the "luxury" domain.
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"Music will be passe, no one will be listening to it anymore."

I doubt that.

There will always be something new to listen to that registers with people. WIll it be different or innovative compared to the past? That one I am not so sure about.
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