Sugarbrie, no new technology pushes the old tech away over night, or even in a few years. The CD hasn't replaced the LP, just marginalized it. In its day the LP was like the 2 or 3rd evolution of the plastic platter that replaced wax cylinders, kind of the DVD of its time. And you're right about mainframes still being around, too. However, more than 50 percent of the servers powering the Internet are based on PC architecture. Nothing's black and white, or happens over night, but Big Changes are coming (and yes, I love the music from my tube pre-amp run through my eVo digital amp). kt
Who's Hearing What? Big Changes Coming
All worry about new formats is missing the bigger changes coming. Buried in little news reports is the rumbling of bigger changes afoot. I want to know who else is hearing these rumblings, come on out and talk. Chip companies are pumping out high-performance, cheap solutions that will change everything. Perpetual Technology's P3, P1A stuff isn't complete new, there's high-end pro electronics doing room correction for halls, churchs, concert arenas. Those capabilities are going to end up in every system. All these high performance digital chips that do upsampling are cheap. Look at the Tripath digital amp that is in the eVo amps, and imagine what happens when there are affordable powered speakers with those little amp boards inside. Over the next 3-4 years we are going to see a huge wave of all digital systems with great sound (notice the new Krell system?). We'll be seeing digital all the way to the speaker, no jitter if you don't have a CDROM, no need for expensive tone control cables. Multichannel systems are coming, not just because of the new formats but because the big players know they can sell us entirely new sound systems that will out do a lot of what's out there today. Will there still be a high-end, I hope so, but just as in the past, today's high-end will become tomorrow's mid-fi.
I love my tube pre-amp, but I'm also keeping my eyes opened. Buckle up for a wild ride.
I love my tube pre-amp, but I'm also keeping my eyes opened. Buckle up for a wild ride.