I wonder if building quality equipment makes sense anymore?

over-compressed music to fit the boom boxes and car radios and smartphones with those tiny little earbuds is what killed music. But a manufacturer of quality audio equipment will still be in demand of true audiophiles that still have their music ( LP's, CD's) that they held on to before over compressed music hit the mainstream. I read this a while back "Compression's loud-all-the-time nature sucks the life out of music" .
 
Yes, it still makes sense.

I have my share of compilation sets of hit songs. Whenever I listen to them - especially those done in collaboration with FM stations - while driving, the music sounds dead, nothing at all like the original albums (compressed but less so).

When I listen at home, I never touch the compilations. That's when good equipment would bring out the magnificence and beauty of uncompressed music.
 
I use a software to improve dynamics and correct clipped peaks of “modern” music (AIFF format mostly) I bought from Beatport. No longer listen to or buy mp3 or even m4a from iTunes.
 
Listen to Despacito on a high end system and it will prove that even modern pop with all the recording issues can shine on a good system. Recording isn't as bad in these genres as it was 20 years ago.
 
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