Fast forward 25 years, what will audio be like?


Seems like in the past 25 years audio has changed so much - cassettes, cds, servers, hard drives...... composite speaker materials..... network servers..... surround sound - AV systems.....
One can only wonder what systems will consist of 25 years from now.
Clearly there's a trend towards computers meshing with TV/Audio...
I wonder what audiophiles will utilize for components, source material and technologies.
Some aspects of audio become obsolete ex) cassettes yet others like turn tables - LPs, tube based components seem to evolve and endure.
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Showing 3 responses by geoffkait

I suspect systems will continue to evolve into even more synthetic sounding ones, less emotionally involving, less satisfying, kind of like a soundtrack for a long forgotten science fiction movie. The opposite of that gripping analog sound one gets with vinyl and cassettes.
Schubert wrote,

"Classical Music is one of the FEW things that is highly enjoyable AND good for your mind and soul at the same time."

I could say the same thing about Led Zeppelin. Or perhaps Beck.
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue will be available in fifteen different formats. A double blind evaluation of all Kind of Blue Formats by Stereophile Magazine in 2035 will demonstrate beyond all doubt that the best sounding format is the original Columbia Records cassette.