At the ripe age of 28, Jon Zimmer is sort of an old fogey. That is, he is obsessive about the sound quality of his music.A onetime audio engineer who now works as a consultant for Stereo Exchange, an upscale audio store in Manhattan, Mr. Zimmer lights up when talking about high fidelity, bit rates and $10,000 loudspeakers.But iPods and compressed computer files — the most popular vehicles for audio today — are “sucking the life out of music,” he says.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10audio.html
In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back
… But iPods and compressed computer files — the most popular vehicles for audio today — are “sucking the life out of music,” he says.