And they're using a little mp3 device, or a phone, or their computer. Or they go to clubs, where a poorly mastered track will sound awful. Plus people who real

And they're using a little mp3 device, or a phone, or their computer. Or they go to clubs, where a poorly mastered track will sound awful. Plus people who really love music can tell, and those are the people who popularize it. A poorly mastered track will be more irritating than exciting to them, and they won't introduce it to their friend at the radio station, or put it on their music blog, remix a club version, or play it at their next DJ gig. Just because a low quality track might sound okay on the cheap equipment of the masses doesn't mean it is socially capable of getting there. It needs to have merit to make it.