I can't help but think that for the average person this guy is right. The audiophiles are going deeper and deeper into owning high-quality media to play on the

I can't help but think that for the average person this guy is right. The audiophiles are going deeper and deeper into owning high-quality media to play on their high-quality systems. I have several large boxes of CD's which I know look at with scorn. I haven't used a CD or even a ripped copy of them in years. I've tried Audiogalaxy, Google Music, iTunes Match, and Amazon MP3. It takes a lot of effort to migrate your music to each of those services. What I've found by using subscription services is what the author is saying: cheaper, faster, and more social access to music. Audiophiles will continue to have their niche but I tend to agree that that is not the way history is going.