Fifty years from now, ....Audio?
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i think your right about 1 thing. digital will eventually get so good that it will phase out most all other forms of media.still a long way to go. vinyl will still be around, but just for us stubborn guys.lol. but i still think that ss and tube amps will still exist and people will still buy and sell them, and have a home setup that is still similar to what we have now.
they(dont know who they is) will not let it get to that point and put an entire industry out of work. just like pumping gas in n.j. its illegal to pump your own. why ?? because it would put 1000's of gas attendants out of work. although they dont wash the windows as much anymore.
CPP
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What ! ya kidding me you can't pump your own gas led me to so googling. I read this is an article "" In plain English: New Jersey and Oregon don't trust people to not blow themselves up while pumping gas, and would rather leave the job to professionals (gas station attendants), who undergo rigorous training where they learn that it's bad to smoke while pumping gas, bad to leave the car running, and bad to put gas anywhere except a car's fuel tank or other approved containers."
Wow never knew that about NJ.lmao!! they voted it down a couple years ago for the fact that it would put a ton of people out of work. i think the politicans just dont want the spike in unemployment on their watch. and for the record they never ask me to shut off the car anymore. i do it just to see if they ask.What ! ya kidding me you can't pump your own gas led me to so googling. I read this is an article "" In plain English: New Jersey and Oregon don't trust people to not blow themselves up while pumping gas, and would rather leave the job to professionals (gas station attendants), who undergo rigorous training where they learn that it's bad to smoke while pumping gas, bad to leave the car running, and bad to put gas anywhere except a car's fuel tank or other approved containers."
rigorous training they say!!! lmao. my buddy at the local convenience store was a cashier 2 days ago and now he is pumping gas today.
CPP
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My daughter lives in Morrisville PA and works in Princeton and told me "dad it's a pain"
NorthStar
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NorthStar
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...And fifty years from now the internet is going to be full of it; audio stories that is, old stories from way back then when young people were roaming peacefully around their TTs, for good time sake and emotional nostalgia, just like poets and painters and drifters walking along La Scene in Paris, on a nice autumn sunset.
And by then many of us will be dispersed to the four winds of the globe, like ashes falling into the ground and disappearing in the underground.
And by then many of us will be dispersed to the four winds of the globe, like ashes falling into the ground and disappearing in the underground.
Bob, something I mentioned before on that other forum, 
- music will be available completely disassembled, IOW, all the tracks from the original recording session will be separated, so that the end user can then reassemble them to suit - the listener becomes a mixer, studio producer, has complete control over the shape of the final product that he wants to hear.
New recordings will be released in that form, so that, for example, you might download 24 raw tracks, which you can fiddle with to your heart's content - the original artists will suggest an optimum mix from their POV, which you can completely ignore.
Also, signal separation technology will have made it possible to demix, unmix all the old material going back to the very beginning of recording - recover all the input sound elements to a good enough level so that again one can do a completely personalised mix of "virtual tracks". So, yes, do your very own Led Zep mastering ...
- music will be available completely disassembled, IOW, all the tracks from the original recording session will be separated, so that the end user can then reassemble them to suit - the listener becomes a mixer, studio producer, has complete control over the shape of the final product that he wants to hear.New recordings will be released in that form, so that, for example, you might download 24 raw tracks, which you can fiddle with to your heart's content - the original artists will suggest an optimum mix from their POV, which you can completely ignore.
Also, signal separation technology will have made it possible to demix, unmix all the old material going back to the very beginning of recording - recover all the input sound elements to a good enough level so that again one can do a completely personalised mix of "virtual tracks". So, yes, do your very own Led Zep mastering ...
DSP chip directly implanted into the Cortex? Nano SD card updatable. LoL
BobM
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Just to be contrary ...
It is entirely possible that the politicians will have ruined the world economy and religious fanatics will start a world war leading to this ...
It is entirely possible that the politicians will have ruined the world economy and religious fanatics will start a world war leading to this ...
NorthStar
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There are many ways to predict audio evolution in fifty years from now; on a personal and preferred level, and on one for the masses (consumer/financial level).
Methinks that on an overall level DSP and DRC will be much more prominent. Some professional recording/mixing engineers are actually using them in their own professional recording studios.
Of course the minority of fanatics will resurrect, but they'll still be the minority; no better no worse, just their own click.
It is possible that super micro chips will be integrated in everything portable. Possible? Are you kidding me; it's a fact!
But I also believe that live music will never be replaced, even 5,000 years from now. ...To the contrary, that's where growth will be the most prominent.
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@ Frank: I too mentioned something similar few years ago; doing your own undoing (separate tracks) and reconstructing them on your own preferred ensemble (all the tracks) by using Smart EQ. This is for the hard-core audio explorers ('maddicts'), not for the common mortals.
But I also believe that it starts with the artist first; then we can accept it or simply dismiss it at once. ...And up to the next artist with more experience and talent and taste that suits us better. ...Music soothing preference, and two, quality of the recording.
* When I was doing my own recordings on tapes (reel), I was arranging few tracks myself (my own music playing of various instruments) to suit me, and asking friend's opinion. There is a direct relation between the artist musician/singer and the music listener; the artist is also a listener.
Fifty years from now (2064), more and more of our audio electronics and loudspeakers will have DSP and DRC and EQ (with integrated mike propagation using laser distance calculation @ several listening positions) in them to fine-tune the quality of our acoustics in our rooms.
We already have some taste of it and it will continue like the solid roar of a lion; that's my opinion.
Methinks that on an overall level DSP and DRC will be much more prominent. Some professional recording/mixing engineers are actually using them in their own professional recording studios.
Of course the minority of fanatics will resurrect, but they'll still be the minority; no better no worse, just their own click.
It is possible that super micro chips will be integrated in everything portable. Possible? Are you kidding me; it's a fact!
But I also believe that live music will never be replaced, even 5,000 years from now. ...To the contrary, that's where growth will be the most prominent.
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@ Frank: I too mentioned something similar few years ago; doing your own undoing (separate tracks) and reconstructing them on your own preferred ensemble (all the tracks) by using Smart EQ. This is for the hard-core audio explorers ('maddicts'), not for the common mortals.
But I also believe that it starts with the artist first; then we can accept it or simply dismiss it at once. ...And up to the next artist with more experience and talent and taste that suits us better. ...Music soothing preference, and two, quality of the recording.
* When I was doing my own recordings on tapes (reel), I was arranging few tracks myself (my own music playing of various instruments) to suit me, and asking friend's opinion. There is a direct relation between the artist musician/singer and the music listener; the artist is also a listener.
Fifty years from now (2064), more and more of our audio electronics and loudspeakers will have DSP and DRC and EQ (with integrated mike propagation using laser distance calculation @ several listening positions) in them to fine-tune the quality of our acoustics in our rooms.
We already have some taste of it and it will continue like the solid roar of a lion; that's my opinion.
50 years from now?
1. Finally speaker designers will be paying more attention to the ROOM and how their speaker interact with the room.
2. For the final 10% they can't design for with respect to the whole speaker/room interaction, DSP will become the norm.
3. Class-D amplification will become the norm and achieve new sonic feats.
4. No one will buy albums, they will pay a month fee for streaming 1 bit, 5.6448 mhz master recordings.
5. Rap music will still suck, just suck more.
6. People will be discussing building "retro" systems - tubes, horns, vinyl, etc.
7. We will be on to the 103rd version and release of the Beatles albums, streaming now.
8. Amplifiers will have custom touch screen, digital settings to "sonically mimic" different classic amplifiers such as the McIntosh 275 or the entire Shindo line.
9. Cable companies will be faced with going out of business because everything will be wireless. They will then start a new line of "invisible wireless offerings", hence starting a whole new line of "wireless doesn't matter" arguments. Transparent and MIT will make you place a magical box between two wireless points.
10. Audiophiles will still believe in voodoo - but just more high tech voodoo.
11. ARC will begin upgrading their products weekly....monthly was just too long.
12. Someone in the Audiophile industry will figure out that voicing their amplifiers for a brand of speakers is not only good sonically, but good from a marketing perspective. Watch for the Bryston-M (for Magico), Bryston-W (for Wilson) and Bryston-B (for Bryston speakers) at a dealer near you.
13. Long since gone, Bob will still hold the record for most posts on Audioshark
14. Joe & Mike are still swapping gear. Drones now bring gear and take gear away. MEP still doesn't understand why.
15. Archeologists uncover man in Toronto actually lived in his speakers.
16. Same man in speakers, opened the first Tim Hortons in a Speaker.
17. Audiophiles still gather in each others homes to whisper to each other that the hosts system sucks, but still, no one has any idea why or how to fix it. They only agree it "sucks".
18. Speaker manufacturers run out of exotic materials found on earth to "wooo" us with, and now use materials found on Mars (reportedly).
19. Bob Carver will be on his 39th company and still offering 50 year warranties on products from companies that have the lifespan of a gnat.
20. The website for the Emotiva XMC-1 will still say "Coming Soon".
1. Finally speaker designers will be paying more attention to the ROOM and how their speaker interact with the room.
2. For the final 10% they can't design for with respect to the whole speaker/room interaction, DSP will become the norm.
3. Class-D amplification will become the norm and achieve new sonic feats.
4. No one will buy albums, they will pay a month fee for streaming 1 bit, 5.6448 mhz master recordings.
5. Rap music will still suck, just suck more.
6. People will be discussing building "retro" systems - tubes, horns, vinyl, etc.
7. We will be on to the 103rd version and release of the Beatles albums, streaming now.
8. Amplifiers will have custom touch screen, digital settings to "sonically mimic" different classic amplifiers such as the McIntosh 275 or the entire Shindo line.
9. Cable companies will be faced with going out of business because everything will be wireless. They will then start a new line of "invisible wireless offerings", hence starting a whole new line of "wireless doesn't matter" arguments. Transparent and MIT will make you place a magical box between two wireless points.
10. Audiophiles will still believe in voodoo - but just more high tech voodoo.
11. ARC will begin upgrading their products weekly....monthly was just too long.
12. Someone in the Audiophile industry will figure out that voicing their amplifiers for a brand of speakers is not only good sonically, but good from a marketing perspective. Watch for the Bryston-M (for Magico), Bryston-W (for Wilson) and Bryston-B (for Bryston speakers) at a dealer near you.
13. Long since gone, Bob will still hold the record for most posts on Audioshark
14. Joe & Mike are still swapping gear. Drones now bring gear and take gear away. MEP still doesn't understand why.
15. Archeologists uncover man in Toronto actually lived in his speakers.
16. Same man in speakers, opened the first Tim Hortons in a Speaker.
17. Audiophiles still gather in each others homes to whisper to each other that the hosts system sucks, but still, no one has any idea why or how to fix it. They only agree it "sucks".
18. Speaker manufacturers run out of exotic materials found on earth to "wooo" us with, and now use materials found on Mars (reportedly).
19. Bob Carver will be on his 39th company and still offering 50 year warranties on products from companies that have the lifespan of a gnat.
20. The website for the Emotiva XMC-1 will still say "Coming Soon".
NorthStar
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One more thing; 50 years from now we won't see "Banned" under some usernames of all audio forums on the Internet.
There will be an option for all site's owner to select, make a more peaceful choice. ...Like "On Vacation" ... "Leave Of Absence"
... "Do Not Disturb"
There will be an option for all site's owner to select, make a more peaceful choice. ...Like "On Vacation" ... "Leave Of Absence"
... "Do Not Disturb"
dlb2
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Lmao Mike! Too good. 
Sent from my mobile.
Sent from my mobile.
Of course, there's another variation ... with all the underlying tracks or microphone inputs available, plenty of people will make a living from remixing classic and other albums, and making their settings for the variant mastering available to those who lack the inclination or desire to do it for themselves, for some nominal payment. So, thousands of Beatles, and Led Zep "masterings" to choose from ...
NorthStar
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Forget the past Frank; Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, etc., and concentrate on today's great music and well recorded; Classical, Jazz, Blues, World/International, New Age/Avant Garde, etc.
If we have to keep rearranging and remastering yesterday's music (The Beatles) over and over and over, then there is something very wrong in this world.
We live in the high resolution audio age, and with tones of great music from all genres; let's evolve with our times, and envision tomorrow with the very best of our intentions and from today's actions and lessons learned.
I am sick of being stuck in the past; I need to get out and smell the freedom.
If we have to keep rearranging and remastering yesterday's music (The Beatles) over and over and over, then there is something very wrong in this world.
We live in the high resolution audio age, and with tones of great music from all genres; let's evolve with our times, and envision tomorrow with the very best of our intentions and from today's actions and lessons learned.
I am sick of being stuck in the past; I need to get out and smell the freedom.
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Brillant Mike!! LOL! Here's our gold medal winner folks!
