Good luck getting consumers or technicians to adhere to a standardized listening environment (if that is, in fact, something that we'd even want). I work for a

Good luck getting consumers or technicians to adhere to a standardized listening environment (if that is, in fact, something that we'd even want). I work for a consultancy that designs high-end recording studios. The single biggest factor distorting playback of audio is the room itself. And the type of room design that is required to provide an even frequency and time-domain response begins at $100k to construct. Not including our fee. For this reason I think it's out of reach for 99.9% of consumers. We have a hard enough time convincing professional record producers and engineers of the need for a well-treated space. Many simply don't know what they don't know. And for the ones who recognize the importance of good monitoring and good acoustics many of them STILL don't know how good a room can actually be. How good it can truly sound. There are many working professionals who've gone most of their career without experiencing a room/monitor systems that gets out of the way and allows the music the be transmitted directly to the listener. When you experience this it is visceral. This makes it a very tough solution to sell. Even to the people who are SUPPOSED to know. So I'm pessimistic about the ability to provide that to consumers.