The problem is that I think newer pop and rock recordings are being produced to sound better in an Ipod/MP3 environment, with a prominent upper-midrange and lower treble, along with too much stress on vocals. All this stuff makes modern rock sound like scraping paint off the wall on good, revealing systems. Maybe next they will engineer music to sound better on cellphones (ringtones?).
The iPod and the Audiophile
Here is a good article I ran into today on extremetech about digital media and the Audiophile. I thought I would share.
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=171815,00.asp
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=171815,00.asp