I have a few random thoughts on this. "convenience and mobility rule the day" This happens to everything eventually. When I see someone take salad out of a

I have a few random thoughts on this. "convenience and mobility rule the day" This happens to everything eventually. When I see someone take salad out of a plastic bag and pour dressing on it out of a little package, I have a similar reaction. Some people just don't care or legitimately don't know what bad sounds like. My kids were mucking with my preamp and got the tone controls all messed up. It sounded terrible, but my wife was listening to music all morning and never noticed. I think the real downside of this trend is that it's becoming difficult to actually listen to the gear I want to buy. I live in a city of over 1 million in a part of the world where the economy is strong. There are three places left in the city that carry decent equipment. The last set of speakers I bought I ended up getting second hand so I could actually listen to them for a few minutes before deciding to buy them. Non-audiophile people I have talked to about high end stuff are often intimidated and won't go into those higher-end audio stores.